Allowing children to interact with nature will help to achieve the fiveEvery Child Matters outcomes, says a review of play research released tomark PlayDay.
The review bases its conclusions on an examination of years of academicresearch into play, child behaviour and the outdoors. First the reportestablishes that children are biologically predisposed to play, and themajority, 94 per cent according to one study, want to play outside morethan they do. Then it details studies showing that the naturalenvironment is a good place to play in because of the variety of stimulifor children.
The report's authors also examine how the benefits of "natural" play canbe applied to play policy.
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