A blog: The importance of increasing children’s outdoor play opportunities

Overview 

The importance of increasing children’s outdoor play opportunities is of major importance for our Canadian children’s health and development. This blog is written by Dr. Beverlie Dietze. Beverlie has been researching and writing about outdoor play for several years.  She has delivered a number of key note addresses and workshops related to outdoor play nationally and internationally. 

In this blog she highlights some of the key attributes children gain from outdoor play including physical literacy emotional development, social development, inclusion, cognitive development and environmental citizenship.