Risk and childrens play and learning.

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In an adventure Park children aged 5 to 7 years are able to take many risks and set themselves challenges. An example of a play activity that could be a risk and challenge in park could be a child climbing on a climbing frame the child is setting themselves a challenge by doing the activity and the risk is them falling off the climbing frame and hurting themselves. There could be many ways of climbing the frame for example a rope, ladder or even stairs. The safest route the child could take is the stairs. However, if the child uses the rope it is more risky and provides a higher challenge for them to take. The resources needed for this challenge would be the climbing frame itself and the three different ways of climbing the frame. By having three different ways of climbing the climbing frame the child has the opportunity to make the choice of what route to take. This activity is a good way for children to test their physical abilities and develop their gross motor skills.

In the classroom children can challenge themselves by trying to cut out a big picture, the challenge