Although the significance of the outdoor environments in young children’s physical, cognitive, social and emotional development has been affirmed for a long time, there is an obvious decline in contemporary children’s daily outdoor experiences. Learning outside through direct interaction with natural materials and life situations is a congenital need of children. However, the world is changing rapidly. No matter in China or in the United States, in urban areas or suburban communities, it is more and more difficult to find young children in outdoor public spaces such as sidewalks, streets, playgrounds, and backyards. Undoubtedly, free contact with outdoor natural worlds and relatively free from adult interference has gradually been vanishing
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A study reveals that crime and safety concerns have been regarded by 82% of mothers with children from 3 to 12 years old as one of the primary reasons they keep children indoors (White 2004). Because of the fear of strangers, a great amount of children are no longer free to roam their neighborhoods or even their own yards unless accompanied by adults (Moore and Wong 1997). It is justified that parental perception of safety has a profound impact on children’s outdoor experiences, and to some extent, leads to the parental overprotection.
Moreover, “a recurrent theme in the literature is that children benefit developmentally from risk in play, and that over-protection from risk can inhibit development” (Gleave 2008, 3). Appropriate challenges within a framework of safety provided by adults and the environment are beneficial to young children.
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Its use of strong blocks of colour contrast sharply with adjacent buildings and streetscape, but nonetheless windows in the shop buildings, located in the bridge abutments, correspond well with surrounding shops. This dramatic intervention enables the park to continue seamlessly over the road while creating a landmark both for the park and from the street below. The Play Park is committed to inclusive Play so that children with or without disabilities can play together. Play sessions are run in the indoor pavilion
The park has been designed to create a sense of well being for its users with pleasant routes and large trees. Surfaces on paths are comfortable for children and variations in height create continuous visual interest, as do planting and special features, especially those including water. In the longer term the quality of maintenance will be crucial if the integrity of the project is to be maintained. In the short term however this park already has created many inspiring
A study reveals that crime and safety concerns have been regarded by 82% of mothers with children from 3 to 12 years old as one of the primary reasons they keep children indoors (White 2004). Because of the fear of strangers, a great amount of children are no longer free to roam their neighborhoods or even their own yards unless accompanied by adults (Moore and Wong 1997). It is justified that parental perception of safety has a profound impact on children’s outdoor experiences, and to some extent, leads to the parental overprotection.
Moreover, “a recurrent theme in the literature is that children benefit developmentally from risk in play, and that over-protection from risk can inhibit development” (Gleave 2008, 3). Appropriate challenges within a framework of safety provided by adults and the environment are beneficial to young children.
4.4.2 Solutions to increase real …show more content…
Its use of strong blocks of colour contrast sharply with adjacent buildings and streetscape, but nonetheless windows in the shop buildings, located in the bridge abutments, correspond well with surrounding shops. This dramatic intervention enables the park to continue seamlessly over the road while creating a landmark both for the park and from the street below. The Play Park is committed to inclusive Play so that children with or without disabilities can play together. Play sessions are run in the indoor pavilion
The park has been designed to create a sense of well being for its users with pleasant routes and large trees. Surfaces on paths are comfortable for children and variations in height create continuous visual interest, as do planting and special features, especially those including water. In the longer term the quality of maintenance will be crucial if the integrity of the project is to be maintained. In the short term however this park already has created many inspiring