Turn the Tables on School Violence | Serving the Children | Growing Trend of Accessibility Articles in This Issue Landscape It's the Contractor's Fault Whenever anything goes wrong during a construction project, "It's the contractor's fault." We all hear this and we may even be the ones who say… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease Safety Are School Playgrounds Living Up to Parents' Expectations? When I took my son to his first day of kindergarten in August of 1990, I knew the public school's playground was not as safe as it should… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kenneth Kutska Playground The World is a Kiwanis Playground Children in Wooster, Ohio have it. Children in Grenchen, Switzerland have it too. As do children in New Zealand, Poland, Brazil, Australia, and China. In fact,… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Inclusion Accessibility - Not Just a Trend The child in the wheelchair was gently and tenderly lifted into the special swing set seat. Once there, several sets of willing hands lovingly and safely… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Dan And Gini McKain Bullying Turning the Tables on School Violence Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins describes himself as once being an antisocial child who did not want to interact with other children. He disliked… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rhonda Borman Construction Consider Public Safety If you build it, they will come." This movie quote seems to fit today's playgrounds better than baseball diamonds. If you wonder what I mean, observe… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard Playground Defining Play Value A lot has been written in recent years about play value. Trends towards eliminating recess from elementary schools and the steep rise of obesity in children… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard
Landscape It's the Contractor's Fault Whenever anything goes wrong during a construction project, "It's the contractor's fault." We all hear this and we may even be the ones who say… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease
Safety Are School Playgrounds Living Up to Parents' Expectations? When I took my son to his first day of kindergarten in August of 1990, I knew the public school's playground was not as safe as it should… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kenneth Kutska
Playground The World is a Kiwanis Playground Children in Wooster, Ohio have it. Children in Grenchen, Switzerland have it too. As do children in New Zealand, Poland, Brazil, Australia, and China. In fact,… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Inclusion Accessibility - Not Just a Trend The child in the wheelchair was gently and tenderly lifted into the special swing set seat. Once there, several sets of willing hands lovingly and safely… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Dan And Gini McKain
Bullying Turning the Tables on School Violence Award-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins describes himself as once being an antisocial child who did not want to interact with other children. He disliked… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Rhonda Borman
Construction Consider Public Safety If you build it, they will come." This movie quote seems to fit today's playgrounds better than baseball diamonds. If you wonder what I mean, observe… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard
Playground Defining Play Value A lot has been written in recent years about play value. Trends towards eliminating recess from elementary schools and the steep rise of obesity in children… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard
