We are witnesses of neglecting the importance of playing outdoors. generations of children nowadays spend most of their time playing indoors. We forget that with play children satisfy their needs, they learn and gain new knowledge and skills. Depending on the environment and context , outdoor play offers many benefits to children and it is good for their development. In outdoor play, the child can develops his many abilities and at the same time can feel free. In an external stimulating environment, the child can be more motivated to play and learn and can communicate with other children more easily so in that way can make more friend and socialise that way. The outdoor environment provides children with many opportunities for play, which has a positive effect on socio-emotional, physical and cognitive development as well as social integration. The role of the educator in outdoor play is to provide a stimulating environment that gives the child opportunity to explore and progress in interaction with the environment. Also, another role of educators is to ensure as many possible natural materials, content and give the child ideas of various outdoor activities. Playing outdoors, children are always exposed to risk, which can have negative consequences like injuries. In risky play, the child learns how to avoid danger and that can help developing independence and ability to make decisions, which has a positive effect on the development. This work's goal is to raise awareness of the importance of outdoor play and its effect on a child's development. Also, it will pay the attention to the importance of educators in outdoor play and to make sure that child has a stimulating outdoor environment through the creation of outdoor activity centers. Risky play and its imfortance for the child's development will be also mentioned through an insight into the importance of outdoor play.