Are Playgrounds Safer? NPPS Releases Safety Report Card Articles in This Issue Skatepark SkatePark + Today's Playground = New Look It’s kind of like having fireworks on the fourth of July. No, you don’t have to put the two together, but it just seems right. Peanut butter and jelly, circus… Updated Oct 24, 2023 Playground Magazine Safety Playground Safety and ASTM Just where are we going with today’s playground safety? Throughout the playground industry, the issue of safe playgrounds has always been a priority topic and… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine Wood The Changing World of Wooden Playgrounds The wood materials segment of the play equipment market has had its share of hard knocks in recent decades. Some of it stems from discoveries inferring health… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Steve Smede Safety The 2004 Safety Report Card This spring, the National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) released its 2004 Safety Report Card for childcare, school and park playgrounds. This report… Updated Nov 30, 2022 Playground Magazine Health The Legacy of Continuous Play Terms like “research and development” may carry a lot of weight in most industrial circles, but in truth, it is the simplest germinal ideas that spawn great… Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine
Skatepark SkatePark + Today's Playground = New Look It’s kind of like having fireworks on the fourth of July. No, you don’t have to put the two together, but it just seems right. Peanut butter and jelly, circus… Updated Oct 24, 2023 Playground Magazine
Safety Playground Safety and ASTM Just where are we going with today’s playground safety? Throughout the playground industry, the issue of safe playgrounds has always been a priority topic and… Updated Dec 7, 2022 Playground Magazine
Wood The Changing World of Wooden Playgrounds The wood materials segment of the play equipment market has had its share of hard knocks in recent decades. Some of it stems from discoveries inferring health… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Steve Smede
Safety The 2004 Safety Report Card This spring, the National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) released its 2004 Safety Report Card for childcare, school and park playgrounds. This report… Updated Nov 30, 2022 Playground Magazine
Health The Legacy of Continuous Play Terms like “research and development” may carry a lot of weight in most industrial circles, but in truth, it is the simplest germinal ideas that spawn great… Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine
