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Table 5 Percentages of physical activity types 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 type

Climb

Crawl

Hit/pound

Jump/skip

Lie down

Lift/carry

Push/pull

Run

Ball experiment

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2.86 (6.39)

0 (0)

0.76 (1.86)

16.67 (40.82)

0.79 (1.94)

Ball lift

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2.38 (5.83)

0 (0)

1.85 (4.54)

Grocery store shelf

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

2.57 (4.14)

18.90 (12.93)

0 (0)

Grocery till

2.78 (6.80)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.92 (1.32)

0 (0)

1.38 (1.65)

5.97 (4.27)

3.72 (6.49)

Horses

6.51 (11.70)

0.51 (1.15)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.43 (1.05)

0.43 (1.05)

0 (0)

3.03 (7.42)

Magnet board

0 (0)

1.72 (2.73)

0 (0)

2.50 (5.59)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Puppet box

1.29 (2.01)

2.50 (5.59)

1.04 (2.08)

0.71 (1.60)

2.47 (3.83)

1.28 (3.14)

0.60 (1.46)

3.27 (3.93)

Scattered blocks

0.68 (1.35)

1.23 (1.44)

0.91 (1.27)

1.81 (2.37)

0.23 (0.46)

14.68 (9.11)

3.30 (5.04)

4.25 (3.06)

Wind tube experiment

0 (0)

1.05 (1.06)

0 (0)

8.11 (7.86)

0 (0)

1.26 (2.06)

0.99 (1.54)

7.76 (6.66)

Wood tree house

5.22 (5.80)

1.75 (2.74)

0 (0)

3.79 (3.76)

2.80 (4.54)

0.72 (1.77)

2.54 (2.79)

1.56 (2.42)

Xylophone

0 (0)

0 (0)

8.33 (16.67)

25.00 (50)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

6.67 (14.91)

Scattered blocks II

0 (0)

4.94 (0)

1.23 (0)

6.17 (0)

1.23 (0)

7.41 (0)

2.47 (0)

2.47 (0)

Skipping pods

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

22.52 (0)

0 (0)

1.80 (2.55)

1.35 (1.91)

9.58 (8.11)

Equipment or play area

Physical activity type

Sit/squat

Stand

Walk

Throw

Ride

Rock

Roll

Stand

Ball experiment

46.40 (28.33)

7.72 (12.24)

25.28 (18.79)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Ball lift

19.50 (19.81)

51.92 (31.13)

23.71 (11.66)

0 (0)

3.85 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Grocery store shelf

0.98 (2.40)

53.24 (13.24)

24.31 (20.57)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Grocery till

8.77 (8.98)

61.63 (17.88)

14.99 (11.65)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Horses

33.69 (28.19)

18.86 (20.48)

15.70 (28.49)

0 (0)

5.13 (0)

6.84 (11.84)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Magnet board

10.51 (9.59)

60.08 (34.82)

19.65 (17.94)

0 (0)

0 (0)

12.50 (21.65)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Puppet box

34.60 (25.09)

14.45 (13.73)

22.00 (17.14)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Scattered blocks

20.05 (18.34)

14.42 (9.67)

38.03 (12.86)

0.37 (0.52)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.93 (0)

Wind tube experiment

4.50 (7.35)

46.29 (12.74)

31.38 (5.66)

0.40 (0.70)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Wood tree house

27.01 (35.64)

27.99 (19.68)

27.54 (19.31)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Xylophone

0 (0)

20 (27.39)

26.67 (25.28)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Scattered blocks II

6.17 (0)

8.64 (0)

12.35 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

46.91 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

Skipping pods

33.02 (40.33)

15.80 (0.59)

26.73 (10.61)

0.90 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0 (0)