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Download full textRivkin, Mary S. – 2000
This digest examines the value of outdoor experience for young children, reasons for its decline, ways to enhance school play spaces, and aspects of developmentally appropriate outdoor environments. Young children appear to benefit from being outdoors and especially need the broad experiential base provided by being outdoors. The richness and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education, Experiential Learning
