The Chill Effect Articles in This Issue Inspection Are Your Playground Test Probes Accurate? Head entrapment on play equipment has the potential to be a life-threatening hazard so Certified Playground Safety Inspectors are instructed to test… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease Spray Parks Texas Splash Park Texas and hot. They just go together, like peanut butter and jelly or Donny and Marie or Tom and Jerry or milk and cookies or cat and mouse or burger and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Maintenance Good, Clean Fun Playgrounds are a place where children can grow physically, intellectually, socially, and emotionally. Unfortunately, they are also a place where germs can… Updated Mar 2, 2026 John Balicki Recycled Used Play Equipment When I am upgrading a play area because the play equipment is non-compliant, I usually require that the existing equipment be demolished and disposed of. I… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease Nature Natural Playgrounds The commercial playground industry is in the midst of a paradigm shift that involves returning play to its roots in order to create the play spaces of the… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Margaret Ryan Construction Installer Insights Playground installation instructions and technical drawings are the result of many hours of building, testing and re-checking to support the creation of a… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard Surfacing Winter Tips for Playground Surfaces Anything a city, town, municipality, school, daycare or any other entity that owns a playground used by the public can do to prevent injuries to a child is a… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kaisja Clark
Inspection Are Your Playground Test Probes Accurate? Head entrapment on play equipment has the potential to be a life-threatening hazard so Certified Playground Safety Inspectors are instructed to test… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease
Spray Parks Texas Splash Park Texas and hot. They just go together, like peanut butter and jelly or Donny and Marie or Tom and Jerry or milk and cookies or cat and mouse or burger and… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Maintenance Good, Clean Fun Playgrounds are a place where children can grow physically, intellectually, socially, and emotionally. Unfortunately, they are also a place where germs can… Updated Mar 2, 2026 John Balicki
Recycled Used Play Equipment When I am upgrading a play area because the play equipment is non-compliant, I usually require that the existing equipment be demolished and disposed of. I… Updated Mar 2, 2026 David Spease
Nature Natural Playgrounds The commercial playground industry is in the midst of a paradigm shift that involves returning play to its roots in order to create the play spaces of the… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Margaret Ryan
Construction Installer Insights Playground installation instructions and technical drawings are the result of many hours of building, testing and re-checking to support the creation of a… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Curtis Stoddard
Surfacing Winter Tips for Playground Surfaces Anything a city, town, municipality, school, daycare or any other entity that owns a playground used by the public can do to prevent injuries to a child is a… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Kaisja Clark
