Let’s Go To Shopping Center At The Weekend; An Analysis On The Playgrounds In the Shopping Centers

Play is an important tool for supporting children's motor, language, cognitive and social-emotional development as well as for acquiring necessary skills. For this reason, children need an environment which offers different game alternatives to them. Nowadays, with the effects of urbanization a...

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Main Authors: Emine Seylan ŞAHİN, Beyza SARIASLAN, Saniye BENCİK KANGAL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kastamonu University 2019-11-01
Series:Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi
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Online Access:https://kefdergi.kastamonu.edu.tr/index.php/Kefdergi/article/view/3472
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Summary:Play is an important tool for supporting children's motor, language, cognitive and social-emotional development as well as for acquiring necessary skills. For this reason, children need an environment which offers different game alternatives to them. Nowadays, with the effects of urbanization and business life, families have begun to take their children to the playgrounds in the shopping centers. In this study, it was examined that whether the playgrounds in the shopping centers have necessary tools to meet children’s developmental needs and also investigated  the characteristics of the playgrounds.
ISSN:1300-8811
2147-9844