Affordances for risky play in preschool: The importance of features in the play environment

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 439-446

  Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen ^a  

^a Queen Maud University College   (Norway)

Author keywords

Affordances; Children; Play environments; Preschool; Risky play

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349123889     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-009-0307-2     Document Type: Article

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