Includes bibliographical references.

Outdoor play environments: a look back / Patricia Crawford -- Playscapes: rural, urban, and suburban / Rey A. Gomez -- Including students with special needs in outdoor play / Judith Kieff and Linda Flynn -- Creating community and resolving conflicts / Laurie S. Frank -- Becoming an advocate for play in the elementary and middle school years / Sandra J. Stone -- The out-of-doors and development: a good match / Kathleen G. Burriss -- Deserted playgrounds: the importance of recess and outdoor play / Susan R. Van Patten -- Swimming upstream: building a case for recess / Lynn A. Barnett / The value of play as a developmental mechanism in pre- and early adolescence / Chip Wood -- Rough and tumble play: an integral part of growing up / Tom Reed and Mac Brown -- The out-of-doors as a classroom: what is it? / Cindi Smith-Walters -- Science and outdoor play in the elementary grades / Christine Chaill�? and Xiao-ling Tian -- Social studies and the out-of-doors: you've got to be kidding / William Stone and Sandra Stone -- Arts and the out-of-doors / Joanne Curran -- Geography: fieldwork and curriculum in the out-of-doors / Judith Mimbs, Douglas Heffington, and Lisa Herring-Mayo.