Play for All: Reduce Inequality Through Developing an Affordable Play Space

• In Event: Creating Equitable Learning Environments to Support Students of Diverse Backgrounds and Needs

Abstract

The paper presents an affordable approach to building a play space for developing countries and for place in a post-disaster recovery. A group of around 200 children aged three to four and their parents were invited to play and interact in both a well-install STEM play space and an improvised STEM play space. Children’s play was observed and assessed in terms of their engagement, use of STEM-related language, and their interactions with parents. The analysis will be conducted to compare children’s play and interactions in these two settings. When children in the improvised setting have comparable play and interactions as in well-furnished setting, an affordable and quality play space design can be identified.

Authors

• Mona Wong, Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education

• Brad Chan, Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education