Learning environment Bibliography

  • Bento, G. and Dias, G. (2017) The importance of outdoor play for young children’s healthy development. Porto Biomedical Journal, 2 (5): 157-160.
  • Bijnens, E.M., Derom. C., Thiery, E., Weyers, S., Nawrot, T.S. (2020) Residential green space and child intelligence and behavior across urban, suburban, and rural areas in Belgium: A longitudinal birth cohort study of twins. PLoS Med, 17(8).
  • Bilton, H., Bento, G. and Dias, G. (2016). Taking the First Steps Outside: Under threes learning and developing in the natural environment.  Oxon; Routledge.
  • Carsley, S., Liang, L., Chen, Y., Parkin, P., Maguire, J. and Birken, C. (2016) The impact of daycare attendance on outdoor free play in young children. Journal of Public Health, 39 (1): 145-152.
  • Day, L. (2019) The Science of Fresh Air and Sunshine. Available from: https://admin.babysensory.com/content/S636886817516118420/The%20Science%20of%20fresh%20air%20and%20sunshine.pdf(Accessed: 28th August 2020).
  • Dinkel, D., Snyder, K., Patterson, T., Warehime, S., Kuhn, M. and Wisneski, D. (2019) An exploration of infant and toddler unstructured outdoor play.  European Early Childhood Education Research Journal 27 (2): 257-271.
  • Dowdell, K., Gray, T. and Malone, K. (2011) Nature and its Influence on Children’s Outdoor Play. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 15(2), 24-35, 2011
  • Fisher, J. (2016) Interacting or interfering? Improving interactions in the early years. Berkshire: OUP.
  • Goouch, K. and Powell, S. (2013) The Baby Room. Maidenhead: Open University Press.
  • Hall, E., Linnea Howe, S., Roberts, S., Foster Shaffer, L. and Williams, E. (2014) What can we learn through careful observation of infants and toddlers in nature? Children, Youth & Environments, 24 (2): 192-214.
  • Harrison, Y. (2004) The relationship between daytime exposure to light and night-time sleep in 6–12-week-old infants. J. Sleep Res., 13: 345–352.
  • Kemp, N., Durrant, I. and Josephidou, J. (2020) Making connections with their world: Outdoor provision for under twos in early childhood settings in Kent. Available from:  https://www.froebel.org.uk/resources/froebel-trust-publications/ (Accessed: 28th August 2020).
  • Kemp, N. and Josephidou, J. (2020) Where are the babies? Engaging under twos with the outdoors.   Available from: https://www.froebel.org.uk/resources/froebel-trust-publications/ (Accessed: 28th August 2020).
  • Kleppe, R. 2018. “Affordances for 1-3-year olds’ risky play in Early Childhood Education and Care”.  Journal of Early Childhood Research 16 (3): 258-275.
  • Mendes, A., Aelenei, D., Papoila, A., Carreiro-Martins, P., Aguiar, L., Pereira, C., Neves, P., Azevedo, S., Cano, M.,  Proença, C., Viegas, J., Silva, S., Mendes, D., Neuparth, N.  & Teixeira, J.  (2014) Environmental and Ventilation Assessment in Child Day Care Centers in Porto: The Envirh Project. Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A, 77:14-16, 931-943.
  • Moore, R. and Cosco, N. (2014) Growing Up Green: Naturalization as a Health Promotion Strategy in Early Childhood Outdoor Learning Environments. Children, Youth and Environments, 24 (2): 168-191.
  • Morrissey, A., Scott, C. and Wishart, L. (2015) Infant and toddler responses to a redesign of their childcare outdoor play space.  Children, Youth & Environments, 25 (1): 29-56.
  • Nutbrown, C. (2011) Threads of thinking: Schemas and young children’s learning (4th Ed). London: Sage.
  • Peckham, K. (2017) School Readiness; Creating Lifelong Learners. Sage, London
  • Richardson, T. and Murray, J.  (2016)  Are young children’s utterances affected by characteristics of their learning environments? A multiple case study. Early child development and care. 187(3-4), pp.457-468. 
  • Rouse, E. (2015) Mixed-age grouping in early childhood – creating the outdoor learning environment. Early Child Development and Care 185 (5): 742-751.
  • Strong-Wilson. T. & Ellis, J. (2007) Children and Place: Reggio Emilia’s Environment As Third Teacher. Theory Into Practice, 46(1): 40-47.
  • Solly, K. (2014). Risk, Challenge and Adventure in the Early Years: A practical guide to exploring and extending learning outdoors (1st ed.). Routledge.
  • Thigpen, B. (2007) Outdoor play: combatting sedentary lifestyles. Zero to Three. Available from: https://www.bowdoin.edu/childrens-center/pdf/outdoor-play-thigpen.pdf (Accessed: 28th August, 2020).
  • Tourula, M., Polkki, T. & Isola, A. (2013) The cultural meaning of children sleeping outdoors in Finnish winter: a qualitative study from the viewpoint of mothers.  Journal of Transcultural Nursing, 24(2): 171-179.
  • Tovey, H. (no date) Outdoor play and exploration. Available from: https://www.froebel.org.uk/pamphlets/ (Accessed: 28th August 2020).
  • Waite, S. (2017) Children Learning Outside the Classroom: From Birth to Eleven. London: Sage.
  • White, J. (2019) Playing and Learning Outdoors: The Practical Guide and Sourcebook for Excellence in Outdoor Provision and Practice with Young Children. Oxon: Routledge.
  • Whitebread, D., Kuvalja, M. and O’Connor, A.  (2015) Quality in early childhood education: an international review and guide for policy makers.  Report for the World Innovation Summit for Education. Dohar: WISE.

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