Choose Your "Best" Surfaces: We'll show you the ins and outs Dealing with the Aftermath: Hidden dangers on charred playgrounds To Poland with Love: Play at a Dom Oziecka The latest surfacing directory: 100+ selection Articles in This Issue Safety Waivers for Play? Hopefully not in our future Can it really be that the phrase “Tag, you’re it!” is a thing of the past? I was sure I heard that wrong when listening to the news recently. Imagine my shock… Updated Nov 30, 2022 Playground Magazine Theme Design with Pizzazz Creating original theme ideas for your community park is a good way to offer play equipment and play areas that invigorate and excite your community. Whether… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine Maintenance Proper Playground Surfacing Installation The technical aspects of playground surfacing start with the CPSC Handbook for Public Playground Safety. “Because head impact injuries from a fall have the… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine Education Understanding the Lonely Child “The marginalized child in my classroom is a snob,” reports Ms. Jones, a third-grade teacher. “No one wants to be around her. She’s rude and uncaring. I… Updated Oct 4, 2022 Playground Magazine Residential A Commercial Playground In Your Own Backyard? Remember the children's game "kick the can"? Boy, I do. Nightlife in my neighborhood included this and other games we kids played only after the sun went down.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Safety Dealing with the Aftermath Few things are more frustrating to today’s playground professional than vandalism to the public spaces they are responsible for maintaining. It… Updated Nov 30, 2022 Playground Magazine Maintenance Up to Speed In 1990 California passed legislation known as Senate Bill 2733 to require the development of playground regulations. SB 2733 required the California… Updated Oct 25, 2022 David Spease Maintenance Your Best Surface There are so many things to consider when choosing a surface for your play space. You have to consider the location, and with that, what type of surfacing will… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine Maintenance Surfacing Company Directory Abacus Ace Surfaces NA, Inc. 800-678-9223 www.reboundace.com Adpro 440-542-1800 Advanced Ground Care 708-331-6100 … Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine Inclusion To Poland with Love A photograph of a Polish child at a “Dom Dziecka” (the Polish words for children’s home or orphanage) I received in April of 2005 started my journey towards an… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine Safety Essential Playground Signage & Safety Labels: Legal Requirements & Best Practices Originally published 2003, "Today's Playground" • Updated October 2025Playground signs and labels are more than decorative elements; they are vital safety… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Scott Burton Bullying Don't Laugh at Me Bullying is a hot topic in many places, and that’s because it’s alive and well. No parent or teacher wants to see a child go through it, but there are also… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine Play 10 Reasons to Carve Play Out of Your Schedule It seems a lot of people think that when you reach a certain age, you are too old to play. That means different things to different people. The truth is,… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Playground Create and Play With Childforms Founded in 1996, Childforms is now celebrating its 10th anniversary. It started out with a single product and has grown to offer a complete line of children’s… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine Climbing Walls Climb Your Way to Fun Through years of researching how children play, Union Land has come up with some great ideas for the play environment. It has brought its third series of Fun… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine Spray Parks Adventures in Water When designing an aquatic play space, creativity is a must. You want your play events to be fun and different, and Fountain People, Inc., manufacturers of… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Safety Waivers for Play? Hopefully not in our future Can it really be that the phrase “Tag, you’re it!” is a thing of the past? I was sure I heard that wrong when listening to the news recently. Imagine my shock… Updated Nov 30, 2022 Playground Magazine
Theme Design with Pizzazz Creating original theme ideas for your community park is a good way to offer play equipment and play areas that invigorate and excite your community. Whether… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine
Maintenance Proper Playground Surfacing Installation The technical aspects of playground surfacing start with the CPSC Handbook for Public Playground Safety. “Because head impact injuries from a fall have the… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Education Understanding the Lonely Child “The marginalized child in my classroom is a snob,” reports Ms. Jones, a third-grade teacher. “No one wants to be around her. She’s rude and uncaring. I… Updated Oct 4, 2022 Playground Magazine
Residential A Commercial Playground In Your Own Backyard? Remember the children's game "kick the can"? Boy, I do. Nightlife in my neighborhood included this and other games we kids played only after the sun went down.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Safety Dealing with the Aftermath Few things are more frustrating to today’s playground professional than vandalism to the public spaces they are responsible for maintaining. It… Updated Nov 30, 2022 Playground Magazine
Maintenance Up to Speed In 1990 California passed legislation known as Senate Bill 2733 to require the development of playground regulations. SB 2733 required the California… Updated Oct 25, 2022 David Spease
Maintenance Your Best Surface There are so many things to consider when choosing a surface for your play space. You have to consider the location, and with that, what type of surfacing will… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Maintenance Surfacing Company Directory Abacus Ace Surfaces NA, Inc. 800-678-9223 www.reboundace.com Adpro 440-542-1800 Advanced Ground Care 708-331-6100 … Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Inclusion To Poland with Love A photograph of a Polish child at a “Dom Dziecka” (the Polish words for children’s home or orphanage) I received in April of 2005 started my journey towards an… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Safety Essential Playground Signage & Safety Labels: Legal Requirements & Best Practices Originally published 2003, "Today's Playground" • Updated October 2025Playground signs and labels are more than decorative elements; they are vital safety… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Scott Burton
Bullying Don't Laugh at Me Bullying is a hot topic in many places, and that’s because it’s alive and well. No parent or teacher wants to see a child go through it, but there are also… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Play 10 Reasons to Carve Play Out of Your Schedule It seems a lot of people think that when you reach a certain age, you are too old to play. That means different things to different people. The truth is,… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Playground Create and Play With Childforms Founded in 1996, Childforms is now celebrating its 10th anniversary. It started out with a single product and has grown to offer a complete line of children’s… Updated Dec 9, 2022 Playground Magazine
Climbing Walls Climb Your Way to Fun Through years of researching how children play, Union Land has come up with some great ideas for the play environment. It has brought its third series of Fun… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
Spray Parks Adventures in Water When designing an aquatic play space, creativity is a must. You want your play events to be fun and different, and Fountain People, Inc., manufacturers of… Updated Oct 7, 2020 Playground Magazine
