A History of Children's Play and Play Environments: Toward a Contemporary Child-Saving Movement

by Joe Frost

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Children's play throughout history has been free, spontaneous, and intertwined with work, set in the playgrounds of the fields, streams, and barnyards. Children in cities enjoyed similar forms of play but their playgrounds were the vacant lands and parks. Today, children have become increasingly inactive, abandoning traditional outdoor play for sedentary, indoor cyber play and poor diets. The consequences of play deprivation, the elimination and...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0415806208

ISBN13:9780415806206

Release Date:October 2009

Publisher:Routledge

Length:296 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"

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Children's Books Children's Studies Early Childhood Education Education Education Theory History History & Theory Politics & Social Sciences Schools & Teaching Social Science

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