Benefits and Multiple Learning Effects of Recess Among Nursery School Children

Abstract

Parents these days are very peculiar about their child's education and development. The first five years of a child's life are fundamentally important. They are the foundation years that shapes children's future health, happiness, growth, development, and learning achievement at school, in the family and community, and generally in life. The purpose of this chapter is to describe the benefits and positive outcomes for play in kindergarten classrooms, despite current challenges to playful learning. In this chapter, the authors discuss some key research findings that show the importance of play and outdoor exploration for developing the child holistically such as risk taking and resilience abilities, love for nature, troubleshooting, reading and writing, academic skills, physical development and health, social-emotional and soft skills, and overall brain development of the child. The interventional techniques will be discussed which will be helpful both for the parents and teachers so that children can learn in all the environments they are being exposed to.