Pub Date : 2022-08-02DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2022.2103886
Cleo Gougoulis
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2022.2101276
Lars Geer Hammershøj
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to clarify the relationship between the affective nature of play and the importance of play for being and becoming human. The inquiry focuses on the relationship between the affective processes of play, creativity and the formation of character, also referred to as Bildung. An intervention study is presented that explores this relation by applying a design-based research approach. The intervention took place in a Danish daycare centre and was part of a project, which aims to promote children's play and formation through art and culture. The play process is found to comprise four affective traits: the play attitude, characterized by being open to what happens; the flow of play, characterized by being lifted into a state of heightened energy; the moods of play, in the form of cheerfulness and enthusiasm; and the relationships in play, which concerns its bonding function.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2022.2098581
D. J. Watts
ABSTRACT This study explores the differences in children’s playtime engagement facilitating gross motor skill development between nature-based versus traditional manufactured equipment. These skills are foundational to affording children’s ability to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity. This is vital to establishing positive future health behaviors, and combatting chronic disease in youth and later life. A longitudinal comparison study was undertaken on children’s playtime engagement at a preschool with an annual enrollment of 36 children between the ages of 3 and 4 in the setting for the study. An existing playground layout with traditional equipment was renovated following a nature-based play philosophy to promote ‘green’ exercise. The new design included an earthen mound with boulders and a slide embedded in the hillside and tree stumps for loose object play. Children were observed and videotaped on the same days of the week, and at the same time of day. A grounded theory approach was employed to quantify and assess playtime engagement. Results indicate that an earthen mound can engage children equally in comparison to a manufactured climbing structure. The mound was also found to be more supportive of short and frequent bursts of play that are characteristic of this age group.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2022.2098578
J. Sanders, T. Brown, Mong-lin Yu
ABSTRACT Playfulness and quality of life (QoL) appear to be related constructs; however, no studies have explored the potential association between them to date. Playfulness and QoL are important practice-related concepts for education and therapy professionals who work with children and their families. This study examined the potential links between children's self-reported playfulness and QoL. Thirty-one typically developing children aged 8–12 years (average age 10 years and 9 months, standard deviation = 1.12; 61.29% female) completed the Children's Perceptions of Their Play and the KIDSCREEN-52 instruments. It is noted that the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic during 2020 made participant recruitment and the execution of the study challenging. Data were analyzed using Spearman rho correlations and linear regression with bootstrapping. Data analysis results revealed statistically significant associations and predictive relationships between QoL-related physical wellbeing to active play and free time; QoL-related psychological wellbeing to the child's overall playfulness; the child's reported levels of QoL-related autonomy and their free time; and the child's QoL-related school environment to planned activities (p < .05 & p < .01). The study findings provide preliminary evidence that significant correlation and predictive relationships exist between aspects of children's self-reported playfulness and quality of life.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2022.2101278
Laura Camas, María del Prado Martín-Ondarza, Silvia Sánchez-Serrano
ABSTRACT The restrictions adopted due to the COVID-19 health crisis established a new normality in the lives of children and adolescents in Spain. This study aims to explore the perception of adult caregivers and children and adolescents (from now CAs) regarding time, space, company, activities, screen time, and those aspects missed and desired during the lockdown. To do so, two online questionnaires were designed and distributed through foundations, schools and social networks. The sample consists of 270 adult caregivers and 126 CAs. The results show changes in play routines from the perspective of adults and CAs, who indicated that they: (1) had more leisure and play time, (2) had used various spaces at home, (3) had mostly played with their families, (4) had mostly carried out digital activities, (5) had seen an increase in their screen time and, lastly, (6) had missed and desired social interaction with their peers outside.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2022.2101274
Gabriela Bento, Jorge Adelino Costa
ABSTRACT In this paper, we characterise outdoor spaces and play opportunities in 12 Portuguese early childhood settings (ECS), extending scientific knowledge about how outdoor environments are commonly organised and used in Portugal. To achieve this goal, we developed an observation tool (GO-Exterior) based on scientific literature concerning design and planning of outdoor play environments. The study reveals that most outdoor environments lacked important features to provide interesting opportunities for children’s play, with significant deficits in terms of natural areas and materials, loose objects and diversity in surfaces or topographies. Data gathered support the need for specific policies and strategies to improve outdoor play opportunities in ECS. GO-Exterior can potentially support further studies in this area, providing important data for interventions in early childhood centres following a play value perspective on the design of outdoor spaces.
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Pub Date : 2022-07-03DOI: 10.1080/21594937.2022.2101275
Sylwyn Guilbaud
ABSTRACT Though myriad enchanted representations exist across the art forms, there is general societal dismissiveness towards maintaining heartfelt belief in fairies into adulthood. From a position of questioning this dichotomy and within the frame of negative capability, I share my belief in fairies. Pictures and words illustrate my experiences of lending my sewing hands to the possibility of fairy presence. Through tender reflections focus is given to the significance of patterns of perception and the relationship between how we depict fairy and the child’s, and consequently humanity’s, capacity for glimpsing at the bottom of the garden.
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