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Perry and Lisa Branum  \nThis article looks anew at the important role of physically active, outdoor play in children’s social and cognitive development and the role of adults in supporting active, child-directed outdoor play. The authors describe the concept of play ecologies to highlight how children experience their environment as enlivened by their interactive inquiry. Using two episodes of physically active play, the authors discuss the purpose and sequence of the play in the context of the children’s peer culture. They make policy recommendations to help teachers, parents, and organizations increase and enhance physically active play among young children.  \nIntroduction  \nWhen children play without relying on the accomplished skills ofan adult, they practice language skills, perspective taking, representational thinking, problem solving, and taking turns as they work hard to keep their games going.1 These skills are the predictors of academic achievement and school adjustment.2 In outdoor play areas, children may make use of large accessible props and natural materials like sand, a climbing platform, and the shade of an overhanging tree to follow their own inventiveness. Large outdoor spaces allow children to use their whole bodies to explore, plan, and carry out their own inquiries with a flexibility of space and noise.3 Sand and climbing structures provide physical challenges for such play but leave the theme of play up to the children.  \n© 2009 by the Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois  \nWhen children playfully interact with their environment, they receive immediate information and feedback about how the world works, including how their bodies work in the physical world. During play, their own thinking, feelings, and experiences are tested again and again by the consequences of their actions. Playful interaction with objects and people in the child’s world builds confidence, selfesteem, and an inner drive to seek out new information.4 The outdoors beckons them to explore physical and emotional experiences, to practice the managing of risk, and to satisfy their initiative. Adults supporting and promoting outdoor learning can benefit from understanding the active interrelationship between children and their play environment.  \nIn this article, we will first explore the concept of play-area ecologies and consider the role of physically active play in peer development. Next, we will share close observations of two physically active play episodes that occurred between students at the preschool where author Jane Perry teaches. Then we will discuss these episodes and how they enhance our ability to understand the significance of physically active play in children’s lives. Finally, we will make policy recommendations to help teachers and organizations increase and enhance physically active play among preschool students.  \necology of Play Areas  \nPhysically active play is one important vehicle through which children express their desire for making things happen and through which they understand themselves in the world. Teachers design their preschool to encourage children’s active inquiry outside on the playground as well as inside in the classroom. Teachers prepare defined areas that invite children to come, stay, play together, and experience feedback from their actions. These areas of play are ecologies, where the play environment is not just a physical area but a place of interrelations.5 Teachers understand play events, like the two episodes included in this article, by interpreting the children’s experiences within the context of the life of the ecology.  \nWe use the term ecology to highlight the living, interactive nature of children’s play environment. Ecology is different from a play area because we pay attention to four cues that stimulate the quality and meaning of play. 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