Outdoor Play is a current educational issue (Bilton 1998; Callaway 2005). “The increasingly sedentary nature of young children’s lives is leading to serious concern for their health” (Edgington 2002). Outdoor play is referred to as one of the four factors in making an assessment of an early year’s provision along with health and safety, equal opportunities and music (Baldock 2001).
To accelerate children’s learning it is important that they get as many experiences as possible and Smidt (1998 p83) agrees with this and adds that “settings will want to consider how they can offer a safe and stimulating environment which allows children to take ‘safe’ risks”. This indicates that it is good for children to take risks but one could argue that certain adult supervision is needed when children are taking part in any outdoor play that may involve risks.
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