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World Applied Sciences Journal, vol.20, no.6, pp.854-858, 2012 (Scopus)
Play should be at the hearth of children's daily lifes. A play space needs to be of high quality and shall attract children's attention while improving their physical and psycho-social development. For this reason, a well-designed physical environment is important to support children's needs. In the study, a proposal is developed for a multifunctional playground module, which is named as 7-Code,. for children's environment. The module is intended to improve social, emotional and motor skills of children between 5 and 11 ages. The generated idea is in the light of the education philosophies with a special emphasis on Wright's gifts and occupations and learning by doing philosophies. The module enables four different usage alternatives and it is developed from the view point of material property as well. The most suitable material is decided as wood- plastic composite with its various design features. © IDOSI Publications, 2012.