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Letting Play Bloom<\/strong><\/a><\/h1>\n

Designing Nature-Based Risky Play for Children
\nBy Dr. Lolly Tai<\/small><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Children love to play in risky\u2014often misunderstood to mean unsafe\u2014ways. It is often how they learn. Research shows that activities like climbing on trees and boulders, hiking in nature, and playing in a creek are excellent ways for kids to develop their creativity and their senses, because playing outdoors evokes different sights, sounds, smells, and textures.<\/p>\n

Letting Play Bloom analyzes five outstanding case studies of children\u2019s nature-based risky play spaces\u2014the Slide Hill at Governors Island in New York, the Berkeley (CA) Adventure Playground, and Wildwoods at Fernbank Museum in Atlanta, as well as sites in the Netherlands and Australia. Author Lolly Tai provides detailed explanations of their background and design, and what visitors can experience at each site.<\/p>\n