num_pages: 240
description: This research-based publication extends the knowledge base about appropriate playground materials, equipment, and use patterns. The initial chapter focuses on the importance of play, with special attention paid to contemporary research by neuroscientists that shows play is critical to children's healthy physical, cognitive, and social development. Later chapters identify development sequences for children's motor behaviors during their play on several types of playground equipment.
language: English
title: The Developmental Benefits Of Playgrounds
titlecomplete: The Developmental Benefits Of Playgrounds
publisher: Association for Childhood Education International