Games have many benefits for children, such as bread, water and air. Children develop big and small muscles through play, increase the coordination of hand-eye and other organs. Develop motor skills, know their environment and society, have the opportunity to try different social roles.
And prepare for future roles; learns to take responsibility, collaborate and share; It develops empathy, team spirit and skills to understand and know friends .
Age, gender, health, socio-economic level, climate, children’s development levels, mass media, the number of children they can create and their culture play a decisive role in the selection of games for children
And the selected games affect different areas of development. group of children of different sizes. It is also very important to have the features of the space and vehicles in the selection of games. It is very important where and what activities children spend.
Children’s playgrounds located outdoors affect positively the health of children by promoting physical activity. As a result of the experiences that children can establish with the natural environment, they develop awareness of understanding nature .
In addition, games played in open spaces allow the child to benefit from the sun and fresh air, and the movements that it performs in the most natural way regulates the functions of respiration, digestion and excretion, and cleans the body of toxic waste through sweat.
Turkish Journal of Educational Sciences
Children’s playgrounds, where children relax outdoors, meet their play needs, drain their excess energy, at the same time, improve their social relationships, provide their physiological development, improve their ability to investigate.
These are open spaces with various game elements and designed for the purpose of the game.
However, due to rapid construction and urbanization, children can participate in group games, running, cycling, etc. The absence of large areas and plots that will enable activities that require large areas increases the need for children’s playgrounds day by day .
Children’s playgrounds and urban green spaces that allow playing are all important in contributing to the physical and mental development of children.
Since children’s playgrounds provide the opportunity to play in the sunlight and outdoors and to perform different activities, it also provides discharge and emotional satisfaction of children (Bektaş, 2004).