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An outdoor environment promotes creativity, emphasises social needs and encourages problem-solving. Courtesy Umm Al Emarat Park
An outdoor environment promotes creativity, emphasises social needs and encourages problem-solving. Courtesy Umm Al Emarat Park
Put down those phones: Why green spaces are key to childhood development
Time spent in natural surroundings relieves mental fatigue, which in return relieves inattentiveness, irritability and impulsiveness
Rasha Kablawi
November 26, 2020