Children's physical activity in day care and preschool

Early Years

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 32-48

  Reunamo, Jyrki ^a   Hakala, Liisa ^a   Saros, Leila ^b   Lehto, Satu ^a   Kyhälä, Anna Liisa ^a   Valtonen, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

early childhood; high physical activity; learning environment; peer relations; physical education; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893845533     PISSN: 09575146     EISSN: 14724421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09575146.2013.843507     Document Type: Article

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