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Filtering by: Committee Member Chandler, Kelly Date issued sim 2018-05-29

Elements of the Preschool Outdoor Play Environment : Associations with Children’s Physical Activity

Creator:

Hoke, Kelly L.

Abstract:

Preschool outdoor play environments (OPEs) are unique spaces that, when carefully designed, can encourage child-initiated play resulting in jumping, chasing, and exploration of materials and natural spaces (Moore, 1996). Specifically, elements of the OPE can facilitate movement and increase physical activity (Baek et al., 2015) through engaged, child-initiated play. Children...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis