Supportive Indoor Environments for Functional Play in ECEC Institutions: A Strategy for Promoting Well-Being and Physical Activity?

Autor/inn/en	Sando, Ole Johan; Mehus, Ingar
Titel	Supportive Indoor Environments for Functional Play in ECEC Institutions: A Strategy for Promoting Well-Being and Physical Activity?
Quelle	In: Early Child Development and Care, 191 (2021) 6, S.921-932 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Sando, Ole Johan) ORCID (Mehus, Ingar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0300-4430
DOI	10.1080/03004430.2019.1651305
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Child Care; Play; Environmental Influences; Intervention; Program Effectiveness; Well Being; Physical Activities; Health Promotion; Preschool Education; Young Children; Foreign Countries; Physical Activity Level; Norway + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Kinderfürsorge; Kinderbetreuung; Spiel; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Well-being; Wellness; Wohlbefinden; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Pre-school education; Vorschulerziehung; Frühe Kindheit; Ausland; Norwegen
Abstract	The physical environment in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions provide children with possibilities for play. This study describes a physical environmental intervention aiming to increase the possibilities for functional play in the indoor environment, and its influence on children's well-being and physical activity. The intervention involved the establishment of a tumbling space with soft surfaces, mats and big construction materials. The sample consists of video observations of 65 children's free play in seven ECEC institutions at two data points. Multilevel regression analysis indicates that children's physical activity and functional play is strongly related to the use of a tumbling space, and that the intervention group had a higher increase in functional play following the intervention compared to the control group. The impact of the tumbling space on well-being is limited. The results indicate that targeting children's possibilities for functional play may be beneficial form a health promotion standpoint. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01