Title: | Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground |
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Date: | 2019-07-16 |
Language: | English |
Scope: | 197 |
University/Institute: | Háskólinn í Reykjavík Reykjavik University |
School: | Tækni- og verkfræðideild (HR) School of Science and Engineering (RU) |
Series: | Frontiers in Public Health;7 |
ISSN: | 2296-2565 (eISSN) |
DOI: | 10.3389/fpubh.2019.00197 |
Subject: | Motor development; Movement skills; Outdoor play; Organization; Kindergarten; Children; Hreyfiþroski; Hreyfifærni; Útileikir; Hreyfileikir; Þjálfun; Leikskólar; Leikskólabörn; Íþróttafræði; Sport science; Motor Skills |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11815/1723 |
Citation:Tortella, P., Haga, M., Ingebrigtsen, J. E., Fumagalli, G. F., & Sigmundsson, H. (2019). Comparing Free Play and Partly Structured Play in 4-5-Years-Old Children in an Outdoor Playground. Frontiers in Public Health, 7, 197. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00197
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Abstract:The aim of this study was to compare how the organization of a movement session as partly structured play or free play influenced the physical activity engagement in 4-5 years old pre-schoolers. The partly structured playgroup consisted of 46 children and the free playgroup consisted of 33 children. The playground activities consisted of 10 sessions each lasting 1 h, executed once per week in the period Mars to May 2017 at a specific playground setting. The partly structured playgroup conducted a movement activity session that included a combination of both structured- and free play activities. The free playgroup engaged in unstructured play, only. To detect the intensity of the physical activity each child carried an accelerometer 1 h the first week and last week of the intervention. Results indicate a significant difference in physical activity level between the two groups for the 5-year-old in the favor of the partly structured playgroup. There was a significant difference between the four-and 5-year-old in relation to physical activity level. No significant difference between the activity in March and May for the whole group was found.
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