Growing Minds: The Relationship Between Parental Attitude about Nature and the Development of Fine and Gross Motor Skills in Children

Growing Minds: The Relationship Between Parental Attitude about Nature and the Development of Fine and Gross Motor Skills in Children

Adults associate their childhood with playing outdoors, often in natural settings. This type of free play is valuable to child development. Children tend to use outdoor play areas in physically active ways, and time spent outdoors relates positively to increased physical activity in children. Howev...

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Main Author: McFarland, Amy Lene'
Other Authors: Zajicek, Jayne M.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
Subjects:
play
nature
gardening
sociohorticulture
people/plant interactions
human dimensions
survey research
social learning theory
primary socialization theory
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-05-9067

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