• Acquisition of the majority language in Norwegian ECEC: Relating language-learning environment in ECEC to expressive vocabulary 

      Hansen, Joakim Evensen; Eliassen, Erik; Romøren, Anna Sara Hexeberg; Kleppe, Rasmus; Garmann, Nina Gram; Bjørnestad, Elisabeth (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Developing proficiency in the language(s) spoken in any given society is crucial for the inclusion and attainment of children in that society. With an enrolment rate in Norwegian early childhood education and care (ECEC) ...
    • Affordances for 1- to 3-year-olds’ risky play in Early Childhood Education and Care 

      Kleppe, Rasmus (Journal of Early Childhood Research;, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      This article focuses on how Early Childhood Education and Care institutions provide for 1- to 3-yearolds’ risky play—a previously little researched topic—utilizing data from an exploratory, small-scale study investigating ...
    • Associations between Children’s Risky Play and ECEC Outdoor Play Spaces and Materials 

      Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate; Sando, Ole Johan; Kleppe, Rasmus (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH);Volume 18, Issue 7, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03-24)
      Children spend a large amount of time each day in early childhood education and care (ECEC) institutions, and the ECEC play environments are important for children’s play opportunities. This includes children’s opportunities ...
    • Characteristics of staff–child interaction in 1–3-year-olds’ risky play in early childhood education and care 

      Kleppe, Rasmus (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Despite increased interest in children’s risk-taking in play, little is known of this aspect considering children under three years. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the concept of scaffolding to potentially ...
    • Identifying and characterizing risky play in the age one-to-three years 

      Kleppe, Rasmus; Melhuish, Edward; Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      While research has investigated risk-taking in play for children from the age of four years upwards, less is known of risky play with children under four years. A small-scale observational study with children from five ...
    • Innendørs risikofylt lek – et bidrag til spenning og variasjon i barnehagens lekemiljøer 

      Kleppe, Rasmus; Sando, Ole Johan; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate (Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education;Vol. 4 | No. 2 | 2020: Fysisk aktivitet, kropp og bevegelse i barnehagen, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12-28)
      Risikofylt lek er en form for lek som kan bidra til både barns trivsel og utvikling, men som det er lite forsket på. I denne studien har vi undersøkt ulike aspekter ved risikofylt lek i barnehagers innemiljø. Studien baserer ...
    • The Prevalence of Risky Play in Young Children’s Indoor and Outdoor Free Play 

      Sandseter, Ellen Beate Hansen; Kleppe, Rasmus; Sando, Ole Johan (Early Childhood Education Journal;volume 49, issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-06-25)
      Research on children’s risky play and young children’s risk taking is a relatively new research area that has drawn the atten- tion of many researchers in the last decades. Nevertheless, to our knowledge, no earlier studies ...
    • Risky Play and Children’s Well-Being, Involvement and Physical Activity 

      Sando, Ole Johan; Kleppe, Rasmus; Hansen Sandseter, Ellen Beate (Child Indicators Research;, Academic article, 2021-02-17)
      Children’s activities and experiences in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) institutions are essential for children’s present and future lives. Playing is a vital activity in childhood, and playing is found to be ...