What'd You Discover Today? Playgrounds are learning centers for children IPEMA Certification Program for Playground Surfacing Articles in This Issue Health Damage Control It’s a time you’ll always remember, the start of a new school year. The smell of glue in the air, the sight of children dressed up in their new clothes and the… Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine Safety The National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI) In 1989 three members of the National Recreation and Parks Association, (NRPA) Fran Wallach, Ken Kutska and Monty Christiansen, along with the NRPA Executive… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Swing Sets Swings Stimulate Both Bodies and Brains Swings can be used by children (and adults) of all ages. They have been around for thousands of years and have been depicted in art objects from every… Updated Oct 29, 2023 Candra D Thornton Wood Is Your Playground Spoiled Rotten? As playground equipment ages and weathers, the materials used in its construction increase their potential for deterioration. Unless carefully monitored and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Monty Christiansen Education Learning for Fun As children, most of us looked forward to those carefree summer days where we would hang out at the park and eat ice cream to our heart’s content. We would… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Construction Life in the Big City Large cities have many amenities. Shops, museums, and opera houses provide an infinite amount of entertainment for people living in a big city. But, let’s be… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Maintenance IPEMA Certification Program for Playground Surfacing An injury on North American public and private playgrounds is thought to occur every two minutes. Readers of Today’s Playground know that one of the best… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Health Damage Control It’s a time you’ll always remember, the start of a new school year. The smell of glue in the air, the sight of children dressed up in their new clothes and the… Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine
Safety The National Playground Safety Institute (NPSI) In 1989 three members of the National Recreation and Parks Association, (NRPA) Fran Wallach, Ken Kutska and Monty Christiansen, along with the NRPA Executive… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Swing Sets Swings Stimulate Both Bodies and Brains Swings can be used by children (and adults) of all ages. They have been around for thousands of years and have been depicted in art objects from every… Updated Oct 29, 2023 Candra D Thornton
Wood Is Your Playground Spoiled Rotten? As playground equipment ages and weathers, the materials used in its construction increase their potential for deterioration. Unless carefully monitored and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Monty Christiansen
Education Learning for Fun As children, most of us looked forward to those carefree summer days where we would hang out at the park and eat ice cream to our heart’s content. We would… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Construction Life in the Big City Large cities have many amenities. Shops, museums, and opera houses provide an infinite amount of entertainment for people living in a big city. But, let’s be… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Maintenance IPEMA Certification Program for Playground Surfacing An injury on North American public and private playgrounds is thought to occur every two minutes. Readers of Today’s Playground know that one of the best… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
