Access to playful experiences outdoors is critical for children's learning and development.
With a significant amount of young children attending early childhood education and care …

Children's risky play opportunities depend on supervising adults' attitudes and the play
environment. The possibilities to engage in risk-taking outdoor play for children have …

Nature-based learning is increasingly being implemented and explored within early
childhood education settings. Thus, including sustainability, environmental education, place …

Increasingly early years education recognises the value of engaging in natural play
environments for young children's health and wellbeing. Whilst the focus of nature play …

El bloque de contenidos de Actividad Física en el Medio Natural (AFMN) es uno de los que
menos se incluye en las programaciones de Educación Física (EF) en Enseñanza …

Cities and their urban populations have been affected severely by the Covid-19 pandemic.
During the height of lockdown in cities across the world there was a change in patterns of …

Observation has long been an integral part of early childhood teachers' professional
practice, essential for the assessment that forms the basis of effective planning, teaching and …

The purpose of this hermeneutical phenomenological study was to understand the early
childhood education teachers' lived experiences implementing play-based learning in the …

The national quality agenda across the Australian early childhood education and care
(ECEC) sector has led to a renewed focus on the outdoor environment as a crucial …

Researchers have extensively explored the quality and type of experiences preschoolers
have in different types of out-of-home care. However, the experiences of preschoolers who …