English (UK) Your search returned 217 results
Designing heat-resilient schoolyards to support active outdoor play
Designing heat-resilient schoolyards to support active outdoor play
School recess plays a crucial role in promoting physical activity, contributing up to 44% of children’s physical activity during school days. Yet with rising global temperatures, extreme heat poses a growing barrier to outdoor activity in schoolyards.
Shade—whether from trees or structures—may help offset thermal discomfort, but its role in sustaining physical activity levels under hot conditions is an understudied topic.
To better understand these dynamics, Lanza and colleagues (2022) examined how ambient temperature and shade availability affect children’s moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in schoolyards.
The study, conducted at three elementary schools in Austin, Texas, examined MVPA and locations of 213 children aged 8-10. Accelerometers and GPS monitors were used during recess in the fall of 2019, with temperatures ranging from 11 °C to 35 °C (53-96 °F).
Findings from this study are especially relevant for school administrators, public health officials, and urban planners aiming to create heat-resilient environments that promote children’s health and well-being in a warming climate.
Social connectedness at the playground before and after COVID-19 school closure
Children’s experiences of playground characteristics that contribute to play value and inclusion: Insights from a meta-ethnography
How they play. How to prep children with motor difficulties to cope in the playground
SOOPEN: design and assessment of a tailored systematic observation tool to evaluate outdoor play behavior among schoolchildren groups
“I Need the Shade”: Experiences and Perceptions of Elementary School Children During Recess in Hot Weather
Politicizing Children’s Play: A Community Photovoice Process to Transform a School Playground
The Effects of Supervision and Activity Status on Physical Activity Participation with Activity Zoned Playgrounds in Elementary-Aged Children
Using the Theory of Affordances to Understand Environment–Play Transactions: Environmental Taxonomy of Outdoor Play Space Features—A Scoping Review
Effects of Activity-zoned Playgrounds on Social Skills, Problem Behavior, and Academic Achievement in Elementary-aged Children
Active recess: School break time as a setting for physical activity promotion in European primary schools
Impact of Outdoor Play Structures on Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity in Children during Recess: A Comparative Study
Associations of School-Level Factors and School Sport Facility Parameters with Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents in Pakistan: An Empirical Cross-Sectional Study
Outdoor recess is associated with more positive attitudes toward physical activity among pre-adolescent students and their parents
Assessment of Child-Friendliness in Neighbourhood Street Environments in Nanchang, China: An Intersectional Perspective of Affordability, School Trips and Place Identity
Understanding children’s active school commute, independent mobility, and physical activity in Austin, Texas, USA: Roles of physical environments
Forces at play: A qualitative study of risk aversion, policy and decision making for children’s physically active play in schools
Policies and opportunities for physical activity engagement in Austrian schools: a census survey
