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1. Rewarding children for going outside
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Imran Bhatti ON How to Play: I integrate playing outdoors with the children in my life by rewarding them for going outside. Once they are out in the open, they enjoy it so much ...

2. Socializing at the park
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Alexandra Doss-Collbran ON How to Play: I integrate playing outdoors with the children in my life by going to the neighbourhood park. At the neighbourhood parks we always meet nice ...

3. Freedom and space to explore and learn
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... increases because you are outdoors (not hiding away playing video games). (no comma after “outdoors”, no period within parentheses, add period following parentheses (I realize hard to see these corrections)) ...

4. A special moment
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Wendy Olson SK How to Play: Outside playtime is one of the most important times in anyone's life, but doing it with the children in your life makes it more special. Simple things like playing follow ...

5. Building a child’s imagination
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... created a scavenger hunt for my children including things I know that they can find in our backyard. Playing outside builds a child's imagination and creates a healthy lifestyle.  ...

6. House rules disappear outdoors
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... they want outside are so healthy for them. When children play outdoors the rules of playing inside the house disappear. They can yell, jump, climb anything and this helps them relieve tension and to sleep ...

7. The wonders around us
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Beverly McNeil MB How to Play: I encourage my grandsons to play outside versus playing indoor video games. We bird-watch and flower-spot. We also cloud-watch, which encourages imagination and ...

8. What the future may hold
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Zainab Safri ON How to Play: Playing outdoors is an essential part of children's development, from early stages all the way up to adulthood. Outside play requires physical and mental efforts ...

9. Learning by variety
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... mom and playing with my children gives me that special time to interact with them. This also gives your children their daily exercise, which they should all have and it’s very good for them to have the ...

10. The many wonders of the great outdoors
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Lonnie Stewart PE How to Play: Playing outside is important for a lot of reasons. Children learn new things when they are outside. They get to see lots of things like clouds, bugs, and cars. They get ...

11. Like mother like daughter
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Vileena Das ON How to Play: Playing outdoors is very important to me. I grew up playing outdoors all the time and that has caused me to love and respect the earth, which I believe has made me a better ...

12. Toys, toys, toys
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... outside doing physical activity. I know even as an adult I get caught up in staying indoors. I think a great way to get kids playing outdoors is by having a swing set in the yard and lots of equipment ...

13. Soaking up some rays
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Lauren Gough ON How to Play: I love playing outside with my one year old daughter not only because it is great for her health, but also because it gives her a great source of vitamin D! It's great for ...

14. Learning through outside play
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Janine Arsenault PE How to Play: Playing outside is great for people of all age groups. I think we should be outside at least once a day, regardless of rain, snow, or if the sun is shining. I would not ...

15. Motivation to play outdoors
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... for kids to get fresh air and vitamin D and the exercise that goes along with playing around outside. Otherwise they're just sitting inside on the computer or watching T.V., which we all know is not healthy ...

16. The benefits of playing
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... But there are mental health benefits as well. Playing outside allows them to let their minds wander and be creative. But ultimately, outdoor play pretty much guarantees that my children will sleep well. ...

17. Quality family time
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... new things like playing with her ball, seeing other kids outside, and interacting with them so she can learn how to share and play with others. In the summer we play at the playground, set up a pool for ...

18. Developing social skills
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Betty Moore NS How to Play: My children and I have always enjoyed playing outside. It is so much fun and it really helps develop social skills when you interact with the neighbours and build ...

19. Taking care while having fun
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Annik Falle QC How to Play: My way of playing with my kids outside is by either jumping on the trampoline or going jogging with my kids and our dogs. Enjoying outside activities with my kids ...

20. Never too old to have fun while playing
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Fran Mullen ON How to Play: We take the grandchildren out for lunch on the weekend. Then it is off to the park to play on the swings and slide. Sometimes we let them choose the activity, baseball, ...