The effect of playing at the nursery on the child’s development

Children enjoy playing outdoors even during wintertime since outdoor play is an open space offering children the needed area to freely move, run and explore new things. Outdoor play is a crucial element in a childrens development journey.

The unlimited opportunities for climbing, jumping, running and more enhances the physical learning area and help in building gross motor skills. The exploration scenes and the interaction with the environment allow children to ask questions and try to find answers enhancing their cognitive skills and providing them with the needed elements to acquire a variety of milestones within understanding the world learning area. A child who is exposed to the outdoors is able to build his/her resilience, social skills, and problem-solving.

Playing outdoors gives the children sense of equilibrium and balance and boosts overall the children’s muscle tone and overall fitness. Climbing in the playground, bouncing on trampolines, and jumping are considered fun ways outdoor play helps in developing gross motor skills. The utmost importance giving them a sense of freedom which triggers them to explore and discover more.

Playing outdoors helps children to socialize, explore and challenge themselves through activities. Children’s resilience and self-confidence will be built through outdoor playing and mastering different challenges. In addition to that, when giving kids the freedom to explore new activities, they become more engaged and more socialized and they build their self-confidence. They will find different creative ways to learn and play.

Outdoors at nurseries are essential. They are considered as a learning space and a space to have fun. Outdoor plays help children to learn and get new things in a fun and interactive way. Kids are more motivated when playing, learning, and doing activities outdoor. At Miles of Smiles nursery Dubai, most of the activities are done outdoors. Learning through playing outdoors gives the child a useful multi-sensory experience, they learn to hear, touch, see, smell, and even taste. When the children’s senses are engaged, they can learn, experience, and understand the world.

Through playing outdoors, children can easily interact and communicate. It is the ideal environment for them to socialize and have fun. Their communication will be improved and the child will enrich their vocabulary. While having lots of fun, a child can develop social-emotional skills like sharing, taking turns, negotiating, and group activities so their language will be developed. Children in their early years are curious specifically about their surroundings, so by playing outdoors they will get the perfect opportunity to connect.

Miles of Smiles Barsha and Umm Suqeim are both offering spacious outdoors for the kids to learn and have fun through activities. There is a common outdoor for each branch and each class has its own outdoor space to learn and explore new things. Both branches offer bicycle spaces and at Umm Suqeim there is a gym space, playground, and swimming pool.

A nursery offering outdoor play with equipment is giving the child a great opportunity to be active all around the year.