Age Appropriate Design Articles in This Issue Loose Fill What You Need To Know About Curb Ramps Unless your play area uses poured-in-place or tile surfacing that is at the same grade as the surrounding paved surface, you’re going to need an access ramp.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease Nature Benefits of Nature Play Today’s children with their wifi-saturated brains may not know the subtle calm that descends after relaxing near a stream in the shade of a hundred-year-old… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kaisja Clark Education Kindergarteners Need Play As a culture, we are dedicated to rearing our children to be the best, boldest, and most educated kids on the block. However, this upswing in public… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kaisja Clark Theme Train Themed Playground When you talk about Texas, everything is big. Opened in the summer of 2009, the Katy Play Station covers 15,000 square feet and can be found in the city of… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Safety Age-Appropriate Playgrounds In the playground industry, we hear it all the time from the adults: “When I was a kid, we played on hot, rickety metal playground equipment, suspended over a… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kaisja Clark Playground So Many Play Equipment Choices Deciding what “brand” of play equipment to purchase for your project can be a daunting task. The International Playground Equipment Manufacturers Association… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard Playground 9 Things You No Longer See on Playgrounds By Michaele Charles • Photos by Brenda Biondo Vintage Playground Photography When most people hear the term “Americana,” they think of hot dogs and rock and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Loose Fill What You Need To Know About Curb Ramps Unless your play area uses poured-in-place or tile surfacing that is at the same grade as the surrounding paved surface, you’re going to need an access ramp.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease
Nature Benefits of Nature Play Today’s children with their wifi-saturated brains may not know the subtle calm that descends after relaxing near a stream in the shade of a hundred-year-old… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kaisja Clark
Education Kindergarteners Need Play As a culture, we are dedicated to rearing our children to be the best, boldest, and most educated kids on the block. However, this upswing in public… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kaisja Clark
Theme Train Themed Playground When you talk about Texas, everything is big. Opened in the summer of 2009, the Katy Play Station covers 15,000 square feet and can be found in the city of… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Safety Age-Appropriate Playgrounds In the playground industry, we hear it all the time from the adults: “When I was a kid, we played on hot, rickety metal playground equipment, suspended over a… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kaisja Clark
Playground So Many Play Equipment Choices Deciding what “brand” of play equipment to purchase for your project can be a daunting task. The International Playground Equipment Manufacturers Association… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard
Playground 9 Things You No Longer See on Playgrounds By Michaele Charles • Photos by Brenda Biondo Vintage Playground Photography When most people hear the term “Americana,” they think of hot dogs and rock and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
