Keywords
child development, outdoor play, inclusion, service-learning
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to help children reach more developmental goals and to make outdoor play at the Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center more inclusive for all children. Children gain many developmental goals from playing outside and being exposed to other environments as compared to just being inside the classroom. Outdoor play should be as inclusive as indoor play and offer many different activities and outlets, just as the indoor classroom does. The implementation of this service-learning creative project was to add more versatility to the outdoor area at the University of Arkansas Jean Tyson Child Development Study Center and to provide young children with more experiences outside the classroom in an outdoor space. The two outdoor stations that were developed focused on art and music and were under a roof beside the playground. These stations allow children other places to seek out when they do not want to or physically cannot run around on the other structures or want a more one-on-one social connection during outdoor playtime with teachers or peers.
Recommended Citation
Swartz, A. M., Wiersma-Mosley, J. D., Timby, D., McNally, S., & Daniel, C. (2023). An Inclusive Playground for Infant and Toddler Development. Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences, 24(1). Retrieved from https://scholarworks.uark.edu/discoverymag/vol24/iss1/12
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