Abstract
ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to quantitatively and qualitatively explore children's physically active play outdoors in a traditional playground and natural (nature) environment and discuss how these environments influence children's physical activity. Fjortoft has previously explored the relationship between environmental affordances and children's play and development. She suggests that environmental complexity and diversity in nature are highly associated with increased play opportunities and activities. To explore the interactive relationship between children and their material environments, Kytta has theoretically specified and clarified this relationship in the view of ecological perceptual psychology based on Gibson's theory of affordances. To understand how affordances in the play environment influence 3‐ to 5‐year‐old children's (n = 16) level of physical activity play, accelerometers were used to measure physically active play, and Heft's functional taxonomy of children's outdoor play ...
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