Outdoor play improves physical development
Physical skills are important for growth, physical coordination and the movement of the body. When children play outdoors they increase their ability to balance, jump, climb, throw, run and skip.
More friends! (aka improved social development)
Outdoor play provides children with the opportunity to gain social skills by interacting, collaborating and negotiating with others.
Increased Imagination
Being outdoors gives children the opportunity to pretend to be anything they want, for example, to be a bear in the wild or a chef in the kitchen.
Gain knowledge and appreciation for the natural world
Children learn about the natural elements and their surroundings when they are outside. For example, they learn about the weather, the change in seasons, and different animals that are found outside.
It’s fantastic to learn that outdoor play can help improve social skills in children. My wife and I are wanting to have our first son together and we were wondering how we could help him make a lot of friends at an early age. I’ll be sure to tell her that we should put our son in a daycare that involved a lot of outdoor play.