Adapting with Global Pandemic: Challenges and Recommendations for Playground Facilities

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210322.051How to use a DOI?

Keywords

playground, Covid-19, play, children development

Abstract

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has been affecting numerous business sectors globally. In Indonesia, millions of children stayed home while playgrounds were closed nationwide to prevent further spread of the virus. Past research explains the importance of playground visits for children’s play and learning development, yet studies on ways to shift playground experiences and their benefits to online or other media are very rare. This paper will cover the advantages of playing in playgrounds through theoretical approach as well as offer several strategies to maintain this experience online during pandemic. Challenges, and different ways to solve them will also be discussed based on evidence of implementing those strategies by AEON Fantasy Indonesia, a Japan-based playground operator. Furthermore, not only for playground operators, recommendations featured in this study are also applicable for children, caregivers, and child development practitioners.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

Open Access

This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sakina Ahmad
AU  - Annisa Istighfari
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/24
TI  - Adapting with Global Pandemic: Challenges and Recommendations for Playground Facilities
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Early Childhood Education (ICECE 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 240
EP  - 245
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210322.051
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210322.051
ID  - Ahmad2021
ER  -