Outdoor Play

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Outdoor Play

• By Mollie Lyne,
• Kim Carmichael,
• Laura Averill

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Traditional

• Playgrounds

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PLAYGROUNDS

• Modern playgrounds often have recreational
  equipment such as the see-saws, merry-go-rounds ,
  swing set, slide, jungle gym, chin-up-bars,
  sandbox, spring- rider, monkey-bars, overhead
  ladder, trapeze, playhouses and mazes.
• They help children develop physical growth,
  strength, and providing enjoyment.
• Common ones have connections to other play
  equipment.

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• Children will develop
• Social Skills
• Gross Motor Skills
• Language Skills

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Bike Area
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• Common with Bike areas are
• Parking Spaces
• Cones
• Lines for where the bike is
• Sidewalks
• Stop signs, any road signs
• A basic school will have black top that can be
  used for bikes. Give the children some chalk and
  they can draw their own lines for the road,
  sidewalk, or parking.

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Sandbox
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• Sandboxes are great for any age.
• They help with social skills when the children
  are working side by side
• Children will use fine motor and gross motor
  skills to get tasks down
• Can be integrated with different units in the
  classroom
• Basic sandboxes are square and have a little bit
  of an edge for sitting on the sides
• Toys can range from trucks to shovels, to little
  people

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Tables

• In traditional playgrounds teachers will add
  tables for any activity.
• Coloring, drawing, art in general
• Table top games such as people or animals
• Pretend play with housekeeping objects
• Sitting and relaxing
• Manipulative toys and science experiments like
  goop, foam, and moon sand.
• Etc

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OTHERS

• Other types of traditional outdoor play things
  are
• Sand tables and Water tables

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• Sand tables help children explore these items
  while standing up. They provide one on one
  socializations for children that do not like
  large crowds like in the sandbox. Children can
  have a more personal space and not be over
  stimulated with noise and with too many toys
• With water table play, children will learn new
  ways water moved and practice their pouring
  skills and working their fine motor skills. There
  usually are slopes and ridges in the table for
  children to see how water moves and flows

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Infant/Toddler
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Structures

• Small Climbing structures are great because they
  still have the use of climbing and sliding down
  and using stairs but it isnt as tall so they
  wont get hurt.
• Infant and Toddler basic structures have
• a ramp with railings
• Not so steep slide that
• Stairs with railings
• Tunnel with or without holes
• Platform for looking out
• Etc

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Water Tables

• All children enjoy water and the way it feels in
  the hands. To bring it outdoors and not just in
  the clasroom, there are outdoor ones that can be
  wheeled around and kept safe from damage.
• They should be tall enough for an infant that is
  learning to crawl and to stand up on and for
  toddlers that can reach inside.

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Sand Tables

• Just like water tables, sand tables provide a
  great social atmosphere. Especially at a young
  age they are learning to play next to children
  and then going into talking to each other. There
  isnt overstimulition because only a certain
  amount of children will be able to play. With
  sand tables anything can be added then just sand,
  children learn different textures and enough
  feeling and touching them.

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Sandboxes
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• Sandboxes that are small are great for infants
  and toddlers that have trouble with over
  stimulations. These types are in shape of animals
  such as the turtle or a small square.
• Larger sandboxes can also be present for more
  than two children. They will learn about space
  awareness and sharing. Parallel play will be
  present but could gradually turn to play with
  words and social aspects.
• Children learn about pouring and how moving the
  sand in different ways looks and feels.

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Benches

• Benches are used in the outdoors for resting,
  activities, talking, eating, and among other
  things.
• Benches can be a basic bench with just seating or
  with a table like a picnic table.
• Children that dont want to explore that day and
  want to sit with the cargiver or by themselves
  can do so. They have the chocie to sit and relax
  or there could be an activity set out that could
  be basic coloring or playing with goop.

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Tunnels
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• There are a lot of tunnels that are advertised
  for child care centers. The basic ones that are
  great for Infant and Toddlers are the fold up
  ones for storage. They have Velcro on the sides
  to attach to other tunnels of different shape,
  size, and color. They are great for infants that
  are learning to crawl and also for shading when
  it is hot outside. Children have fun discovering
  each corner and part of the tunnel systems.

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