Affordances in outdoor environments and children's physically active play in pre-school

European Early Childhood Education Research Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 445-456

  Storli, Rune ^a   Hagen, Trond Loge ^a  

^a Queen Maud's College of Early Childhood Education   (Norway)

Author keywords

Children's physically active play; Outdoor environments; Play

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650267978     PISSN: 1350293X     EISSN: 17521807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2010.525923     Document Type: Article

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