Environments for Outdoor Play: A Practical Guide to Making Space for Children

Casey, Theresa

ISBN 10: 1412929377 / ISBN 13: 9781412929370

Published by SAGE Publications Ltd, 2007

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Seller Inventory # I-9781412929370

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Environments for Outdoor Play: A Practical Guide to Making Space for Children
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1412929377
• ISBN 13: 9781412929370
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

"Recommending solid ideas for developing play environments that meet children′s needs, chapters discuss frameworks for designing play environments, case studies offering examples of how play environments can be developed, ideas and activities, research evidence pointing toward the importance of good play environments, and more." 

                                                                                                  ―MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

This book provides readers with ideas for developing play environments that will meet the needs of the children in their care. The author illustrates how improving the play environment offers positive ways for dealing issues ranging from inclusion to playground management and the need to promote physical activity.

This resource includes:

• Clear frameworks for designing play environments
• Case studies showing examples of how play environments can be developed
• Ideas and activities for developing designs with children′s participation
• Illustrations, photographs, and practical examples 
• Research supporting the importance of good play environments

Ideal for practitioners and managers in all early years and for students in education, early childhood, child care and playwork courses, this handbook is also relevant to playground designers, landscape architects and community education and development workers.

About the Author

Theresa Casey began her career as a playworker and has wide experience of working in both indoor and outdoor play environments, with teachers, support staff and play teams. She is now a freelance consultant.