Curious play: Children's exploration of nature
The purpose of the article is to explain the concept of 'curious play' as a theoretical framework for understanding and discussing children's experiences. The concept of curious play emerged from three sources of inspiration: an ethnographically inspired study of children playing in nature; as a critique of risky play being the dominant discourse in research on children's play in nature; and from phenomenological and cultural-historical theories of children's play and their play environment. These theories recognize that children are born curious, and that environments invite children to engage with the world through playful explorations of many kinds. Most children have access to nature or green areas within a walking distance of their home; playing freely in nature environments is considered an important aspect of daily life and what it means to grow up. They seem to be curious when they are challenged by new or difficult tasks, and encounter physical challenges. Children grow by interacting and playing in and with their world, continually discovering new elements and information that influence their relationships, opinions and interpretations.
This is an interesting article. I find it so cute how children begin to take challenges as they grow up, which usually allow them to acquire social skills yet at the same time get to be curious. Being more curious helps them with real life situations, which is something that is fascinating.
ReplyDeleteThis article is so neat its very interesting and cute that kids learn and how it is cute that they are born with curious its so cool that kids can take hard challenges when they are older.
ReplyDeleteI think this was really informative. I totally agree with the fact that children are born curious but what I didn't know was that children seem to be curios when challenged by new or difficult tasks.
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