Outdoor Play DAP
Physical challenges and developmental opportunities within games and activities both indoors and outdoors.
What is invisible?
Elements of the natural world, including trees, mountains, animals and rivers.
What is nature?
Minimal duration of large blocks of scheduled outdoor play time.
What is 45-60 minutes?
Either indoors or outdoors, an ECE should always act like a meerkat by doing this.
What is scanning the environment?
Arranging colours of crayons from darkest to lightest is an example of this math concept.
What is seriation?
Two improved social skills from attaining physical skills like climbing a rope ladder or jumping from a rock wall.
What are self concept and self-esteem?
Term describing the consequences of no nature play.
What is nature deficit disorder?
These occur due to inadequate supervision, improper use of and poor maintenance of outdoor equipment.
What are injuries in the outdoor play area?
An ECE's best response if a child says a magnet sticks to hard surfaces but not soft ones should be this.
What is don't correct the child?
Putting 5 pictures of the steps of following a recipe in chronological order is an example of the math concept of this.
Prerequisites include opportunities for exploration, discovery, imagination, inductive and deductive thinking.
What is cognitive development?
Due to the era of "organized sports", little time is left for this.
What is unstructured free play?
When using playground equipment, two options for children's straps, buckles, hoods, strings and hair.
What is tied back or tucked in?
Regarding math and science experiences, an ECE must always demonstrate and/or model this.
What is a positive attitude?
Looking at 5 items and knowing how many there are without counting is an example of this math concept.
What is subitizing?
Development type resulting from thinking through divergent ways of of playing.
What is creative development?
The cost of human alienation from nature, in addition to diminished use of senses and attention difficulties.
What are higher rates of physical and emotional difficulties?
Avoid "bubble wrapping" children and also avoid letting them do whatever they want on an outdoor playground.
What is balancing safety and risk?
Returning to the same outdoor location at different times of year should be encouraged for this reason.
What is to observe changes that occur?
Reciting number words one to ten, showing one or two fingers on request and identifying first and last in a line are skills of this age range.
What is 2-3 years old?
Development type resulting from close encounters with nature and a connectedness to the outdoor environment.
What is spiritual development?
A common NL wild growing poisonous plant with small purple flowers that turn into berries.
What is deadly nightshade?
This is how to phrase simple rules and guidelines.
What is "tell children what to do instead of what not to do"?
To guide children to discover concepts, ECEs should do research and become knowledgeable about these two interrelated subjects.
What are math and science?
Saying number words and reading or writing numbers are examples of this math concept.
What is enumerating?