Pittsburgh's Playground Renaissance Keeping Kids Safe in Wake of Recent Tragedies Philidelphia Eagles Show True Spirit Articles in This Issue Health Murder, Media, and The Value of Play When it comes to watching too much television, my better half gives me a hand-slapping every now and then. And she gave me a big one this past October. … Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine Safety Safety is Everyone's Responsibility Being a kid is one of the greatest gifts we have in life. The joy, frustration, and growth that occur from the ages of two to twelve years old help… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Fitness Obese Teens, Active Teens Research on the value of play is often focused on the benefits play offers young children, not the adolescent and teenage players. Beyond participation in… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Candra D Thornton Maintenance Identifying Plastic Degradation on the Playground As playground equipment ages and weathers, the materials used in its construction increase their potential for deterioration. Unless carefully monitored… Updated Oct 22, 2023 Playground Magazine Playground Playground Pioneer Steve King’s wheels are always turning. No matter where he is or what he’s doing, King sees possibility all around him. The father of continuous play concept… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Steven King Safety Slyde the Playground Hound Slyde the Playground Hound may not be on the tips of every child’s tongue yet, but the fastest rising star in playground safety education is set to take the… Updated Oct 20, 2023 Playground Magazine Parks Pittsburgh Playground Renaissance The city of Pittsburgh, PA, has what almost every community in the United States only wishes they had: a concerned mayor, a committed city council and involved… Updated Oct 14, 2023 Playground Magazine Fund Raising Eagles Show True Spirit In West Philly This school year when the kids at Drew Elementary School in West Philadelphia, PA play on their new playground, they’ll recall a day over the summer when some… Updated Nov 15, 2022 Playground Magazine Health 'Not Safe Anywhere...?' We all know the story: In September 2002, an unidentified assailant or assailants began the first of apparently random killings in Greater Washington, D.C. As… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Aquatics Updating Aquatic Facilities Can Be Like Starting Over In recent years the desire for aquatic facilities has continued to grow. Families are spending more time together and limiting some of the long-range… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Health Murder, Media, and The Value of Play When it comes to watching too much television, my better half gives me a hand-slapping every now and then. And she gave me a big one this past October. … Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine
Safety Safety is Everyone's Responsibility Being a kid is one of the greatest gifts we have in life. The joy, frustration, and growth that occur from the ages of two to twelve years old help… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Fitness Obese Teens, Active Teens Research on the value of play is often focused on the benefits play offers young children, not the adolescent and teenage players. Beyond participation in… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Candra D Thornton
Maintenance Identifying Plastic Degradation on the Playground As playground equipment ages and weathers, the materials used in its construction increase their potential for deterioration. Unless carefully monitored… Updated Oct 22, 2023 Playground Magazine
Playground Playground Pioneer Steve King’s wheels are always turning. No matter where he is or what he’s doing, King sees possibility all around him. The father of continuous play concept… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Steven King
Safety Slyde the Playground Hound Slyde the Playground Hound may not be on the tips of every child’s tongue yet, but the fastest rising star in playground safety education is set to take the… Updated Oct 20, 2023 Playground Magazine
Parks Pittsburgh Playground Renaissance The city of Pittsburgh, PA, has what almost every community in the United States only wishes they had: a concerned mayor, a committed city council and involved… Updated Oct 14, 2023 Playground Magazine
Fund Raising Eagles Show True Spirit In West Philly This school year when the kids at Drew Elementary School in West Philadelphia, PA play on their new playground, they’ll recall a day over the summer when some… Updated Nov 15, 2022 Playground Magazine
Health 'Not Safe Anywhere...?' We all know the story: In September 2002, an unidentified assailant or assailants began the first of apparently random killings in Greater Washington, D.C. As… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Aquatics Updating Aquatic Facilities Can Be Like Starting Over In recent years the desire for aquatic facilities has continued to grow. Families are spending more time together and limiting some of the long-range… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
