In their October newsletter, Play Scotland share findings from a study in the Netherlands, February 2022 to March 2023. This recorded children’s play behaviour after school in three post-war residential districts in three cities in The Netherlands.
This study showed differences in play behaviour by gender, age, district and play space and stressed the need for a broader definition of play, and for focusing on formal as well as informal play spaces.
See Helleman, G., Nio, I., & de Vries, S. I. (2023). Playing outdoors: What do children do, where and with whom? Journal of Childhood, Education & Society, 4(3), 322–337.
