I'd like to add to that by reiterating the value of outdoor play, particularly for movement and physical play. Outdoors, children can not only move and use their bodies and achieve all the benefits outlined so well by Kate, they can also make a noise - often an integral part of movement play, but not usually acceptable indoors.
At Learning Through Landscapes, we believe indoor and outdoor play provision should be seamless and we would encourage those settings considering providing an indoor 'movement area' to also think about how they might facilitate high quality physical and movement play outdoors too.
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