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Creating Opportunities for Unstructured Play

When schools make space for free play in a natural environment, students are left to their own devices to build, create, and problem-solve鈥攁nd the benefits continue once they are back in the classroom.

March 15, 2023

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After a storm took a few trees down in their yard, Dyce Primary School in Aberdeen, Scotland, asked the city to leave them untouched in order to create a wild space for their students to explore, take risks, and play freely鈥攁nd the results exceeded expectations. Students built up their resilience, as they had the chance to fail and practice iterating on their work, developed key social skills like ability to negotiate and solve problems both independently and collaboratively, and came back into the classroom more focused. 

To learn more about the research behind the practices seen in the video, check out the links below.

  • The American Academy of Pediatrics鈥 (2018) 
  • Kayleigh Skene, Christine M. O鈥橣arrelly, Elizabeth M. Byrne, Natalie Kirby, Eloise C. Stevens, and Paul G. Ramchandani鈥檚 (2022) 
  • Rachel Parker, Bo Stjerne Thomsen, and Amy Berry鈥檚 (2022)
  • Tanmay Sinha and Manu Kapur鈥檚 (2021)
  • Janet Metcalfe鈥檚 (2017)
  • Caitlin Brez and Virgil Sheets鈥 (2017)
  • The CDC and SHAPE America鈥檚 (2017)
  • Helen Hadani, Garrett Jaeger, Katie Kennedy, Elizabeth Rood, and Sandra Russ鈥 (2017)
  • The American Academy of Pediatrics鈥 (2013)
  • Jane Fortson, Susanne James-Burdumy, Martha Bleeker, Nicholas Beyler, Rebecca A. London, Lisa Westrich, Katie Stokes-Guinan, and Sebastian Castrechini鈥檚 (2013)
  • Mariana Brussoni, Lise L. Olsen, Ian Pike, and David A. Sleet鈥檚 (2012)

Dyce Primary School

Public, Suburban
Grades K-6
Aberdeen, Scotland

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  • Play & Recess
  • Research
  • Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
  • Student Wellness
  • K-2 Primary
  • 3-5 Upper Elementary
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