Child_Playgrounds

Child Playgrounds Child Playgrounds Sherri Arnold Research has found that playgrounds are essential to not only physical strength, but mental strength as well. Playgrounds help develop social, emotional and cognitive skills. Children however, need more than the traditional playground. They need playgrounds that challenge their skills and provide opportunities to learn new ones. How did the importance of play develop' Play used to be seen as wasteful and frivolous. Plato and Aristotle found that play was important in the education of children. Furthermore, Locke, Rousseau, Deway, Montessori and others reinforced that play should be an integral part to educational programs. The National Recreation Association in the 1900's developed guidelines for certain equipment for playgrounds like providing a sand box, swings, a small slide and a climber. This is known as the traditional playground. Unfortunately not much has changed since then. Many people believe play is good for burning off energy and for physical growth. Therefore, traditional playgrounds are fine because they satisfy this requirement. It has been found that there are two factors in the development of the child: unstructured and structured learning. Most of the child's development is from unstructured activities which most do not comprehend. What are the benefits of play' The developmental benefits play, playgrounds, children, type, traditional, cognitive, social, should, physical, need, development, variety, skills, found, creative, unstructured, types, swings, structured, strength, spaces, small, sand, provide, playground, parts, own, opportunities, needs, loose, leaders, known, increased, guidelines, elements, different