Learn the Three C's of Outdoor Play: Simple ways to keep it alive Discover Urban Infill: What it does for our children Welcome CPSIs! New NPSI Niche Inside Each Issue Articles in This Issue Health State of Play If one person in this country could give a "State of Play" address, I wonder what she would say. Take, for instance, the President's most recent address. He… Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine Construction Design with Sightlines in Mind Most school districts and child care associations like the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) have specific requirements for the… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease Maintenance Keep a Tight Maintenance Schedule For Loose Fill Surfacing Playground surfacing takes a lot of abuse; thousands of little feet are constantly pounding, pushing, kicking, and grinding at the surfacing.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard Safety Supersize Your Supervision Give this some thought. There are probably some out there who think the only supervision a child on a playground needs is a high enough fence. Hopefully,… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Play Rules of the Red Rubber Ball Book Review If you have never had the opportunity to listen to Kevin Carroll or to read his book, The Rules of the Red Rubber Ball, termed somewhat of an adult version of… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Games Tag Banned on Playgrounds It looks as though it's becoming universal; tag and other games are being banned on playgrounds around the world. The headmistress at Bracebridge Heath Primary… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Fitness Yoga at School Some think it could be blurring the lines between church and state to have yoga at school, given its origins, but others see it as a way to calm students with… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Playground Urban Infill at St. Bernard School "The importance of recess and playgrounds to the overall educational process is often overlooked in today's rush of day-to-day living. In fact,… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Dan And Gini McKain Nature Encouraging Children to Play Outdoors Most adults can reflect back on their childhood experiences and recall joyful memories involving vigorous and non-vigorous outdoor play activities.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rhonda L Clements EdD Inclusion Helping Children of All Abilities The students didn't seem to notice as Professor Raymond T. LeBlanc entered the classroom from its back door. Coming up the center aisle, he half limped, and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rhonda Borman Fund Raising Playground Purchasing Power A complete understanding of the play equipment purchasing process is the best way to ensure a successful new playground project. Following the process, most… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard Inspection Defining Play Functionally Linked Q: A recent question from a CPSI asks," Can we get your opinion on a situation involving a playground that a developer built and we are in the process of… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kenneth Kutska
Health State of Play If one person in this country could give a "State of Play" address, I wonder what she would say. Take, for instance, the President's most recent address. He… Updated Oct 18, 2022 Playground Magazine
Construction Design with Sightlines in Mind Most school districts and child care associations like the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) have specific requirements for the… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease
Maintenance Keep a Tight Maintenance Schedule For Loose Fill Surfacing Playground surfacing takes a lot of abuse; thousands of little feet are constantly pounding, pushing, kicking, and grinding at the surfacing.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard
Safety Supersize Your Supervision Give this some thought. There are probably some out there who think the only supervision a child on a playground needs is a high enough fence. Hopefully,… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Play Rules of the Red Rubber Ball Book Review If you have never had the opportunity to listen to Kevin Carroll or to read his book, The Rules of the Red Rubber Ball, termed somewhat of an adult version of… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Games Tag Banned on Playgrounds It looks as though it's becoming universal; tag and other games are being banned on playgrounds around the world. The headmistress at Bracebridge Heath Primary… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Fitness Yoga at School Some think it could be blurring the lines between church and state to have yoga at school, given its origins, but others see it as a way to calm students with… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Playground Urban Infill at St. Bernard School "The importance of recess and playgrounds to the overall educational process is often overlooked in today's rush of day-to-day living. In fact,… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Dan And Gini McKain
Nature Encouraging Children to Play Outdoors Most adults can reflect back on their childhood experiences and recall joyful memories involving vigorous and non-vigorous outdoor play activities.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rhonda L Clements EdD
Inclusion Helping Children of All Abilities The students didn't seem to notice as Professor Raymond T. LeBlanc entered the classroom from its back door. Coming up the center aisle, he half limped, and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rhonda Borman
Fund Raising Playground Purchasing Power A complete understanding of the play equipment purchasing process is the best way to ensure a successful new playground project. Following the process, most… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard
Inspection Defining Play Functionally Linked Q: A recent question from a CPSI asks," Can we get your opinion on a situation involving a playground that a developer built and we are in the process of… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kenneth Kutska
