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Table 3 Percentages of physical activity levels around equipment or play areas (mean (SD))

From: Behavioral mapping of children’s physical activities and social behaviors in an indoor preschool facility: methodological challenges in revealing the influence of space in play

Equipment or play area

Physical activity level

% Sedentary

% Light

% Moderate/vigorous

Ball experiment

54.12 (31.21)

40.32 (31.91)

5.56 (11.44)

Ball lift

72.05 (15.82)

25.45 (14.10)

2.49 (4.49)

Grocery store shelf

54.22 (12.35)

43.71 (12.62)

2.08 (3.35)

Grocery till

72.02 (12.89)

26.12 (14.35)

1.87 (3.37)

Horses

52.97 (39.56)

26.90 (26.73)

3.46 (7.29)

Magnet board

70.59 (30.12)

28.37 (29.37)

1.04 (2.55)

Puppet box

50.83 (29.45)

28.53 (19.32)

3.97 (6.85)

Scattered blocks

34.37 (19.29)

55.58 (18.09)

10.06 (7.35)

Wind tube experiment

50.05 (13.85)

39.49 (10.94)

10.47 (10.65)

Wood tree house

56.76 (21.72)

37.49 (17.43)

5.75 (6.73)

Xylophone

20 (27.39)

46.67 (36.13)

13.33 (29.81)

Scattered blocks II

16.05 (0)

72.84 (0)

11.11 (0)

Skipping pods

48.82 (39.74)

38.12 (21.27)

13.06 (18.47)