Raising children: playing outside

Although many parents focus on reducing the time their children play outside the home in an effort to discipline them and make them achieve high grades in school, playing outside the home has many benefits at all levels.

 What are these benefits and how do we achieve them?

Raising children: playing outside

Parents should realize the importance of playing outside for their children, and help the child through appropriate ways and methods.

Things that will encourage you to let the child play outside

The concept of “children’s play outside the home” means children’s practice of various activities not only for the purpose of entertaining children but also to achieve the following objectives:

Develop children’s different abilities, talents, and skills, and children’s playing outside is an important component of the healthy growth, learning, and normal development of your child.

Playing outside gives your child the opportunity to discover the natural environment and go on adventures. Children can play their favorite games, test their physical abilities, express themselves, and build their confidence.

Kids playing outside can make a big mess, and the messier, the more fun the kids will have!

When your child is outside, he’ll likely have more space and freedom to move around and do activities such as running, jumping, kicking, and throwing things. These aforementioned physical activities are good for children’s health, fitness development, and physical growth.

Children spending time outside the home reduces their chances of suffering from short-sightedness.

Spending time in sunny weather may help children absorb more vitamin D.

Ideas to encourage your child to play outside the house

It is a good idea to encourage your children to play outside more than once a day. Most importantly, children playing outside the home is not a complicated issue, especially if you have a suitable outdoor space in your home.

If you have big kids, just send them outside and let them choose their toys.

When children are playing outside, they need your help to protect them from the dangers outside. Many older children like your help, which means that playing outside can include helping your child with tasks outside the home, such as:

Weed removal.

Sweeping aisles.

Watering vegetables.

Spread the clothes on the clotheslines.

You can make time to visit a local park or playground, which is a cheap and easy option, especially if you don’t have space to play in your home, your child will probably be able to run or they can meet other children there.

The benefits of playing outside the home in general

Playing outside the home helps children develop their learning abilities, so if you put an educational device outside the home, your children will learn by playing. This is a fun way to teach children new skills and information.

Children’s play outside the home stimulates their creativity, and apart from the restrictions on children’s play indoors, children’s play outside the home contributes to stimulating children’s ability to imagine through the things around them.

When children are provided with plenty of outdoor space, children increase their physical activity, which helps build strong bones, develop fitness levels, burn more calories and energy, and absorb more vitamin D, which is important to them.

Because outdoor spaces are less crowded than indoors, playing outside helps children become more social. In other words, children will be more willing to participate in games and activities and they will be able to talk with different children and make new friends.

Helping children to be happy and calm, and getting adequate amounts of vitamin D when they play outside has been shown to help improve their mood and make them feel positive.

Playing outside the home helps children burn their energy and make them more focused in the classroom.

Develop children’s sense of independence and rid them of adult supervision.

Playing outside helps children discover new toys and have the confidence to try new things.

The benefits of playing outside the house for children from 3 months – 5 years old

In this section, we will review the benefits of playing for children in specific age groups between the ages of 3 months and 5 years.

Benefits of a 3- to 9-month-old baby playing outside the home

Recognize the external sounds around him, such as the sounds of cars, planes, and other children playing.

Experience different atmospheres, such as heat, cold, dust, sun, and rain.

Stimulating the child’s eyes by seeing different colors and different objects in terms of color.

Breathe fresh air and reduce the risk of germs.

Benefits of playing a child from the age of 10-14 months outside the house

Reducing the child’s sense of stress, fear, anxiety, and annoyance.

Learn to build relationships based on inclusion, not exclusion.

Develop his non-verbal skills and increase his interest and attachment to things.

Develop his gross motor abilities for exploration.

Increase balance and flexibility.

Strengthening the immune system and general physical health.

Benefits of playing a child from 15-24 months outside the house

Form friendships and social interaction with peers of children.

Learn independence.

Communicate with siblings and other children, even those who do not play with him.

Benefits of a child from 2-5 years old playing outside the house

Increase his creativity and imagination.

Increase the child’s ability to make decisions, solve problems, and cooperate with peers.

Improve his language and communication skills by increasing social communication with peers.

Increase children’s awareness, develop children’s logical analysis and observation skills.

Explore the ordinary.

Distinguishing the right things from the wrong things.

Encourage children to work with a goal A common goal.

Develop the language wealth of children.

Develop the child’s creative abilities.

Burning the energy stored in the child.

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