368 Articles Playground Magazine Thinking Today About Tomorrow's Play™ The home of over 20 years of play and playground knowledge. Articles by Playground Magazine Inclusion Focus on the Person, Not the Disability Do you wear glasses, or know someone who does? Do you know someone with a disability? What’s the respectful way to refer to them? The term “crippled” has long… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Fitness Promoting Fitness in Children Weekend Warrior Style If children are living a sedentary lifestyle during the week, there is actual physical danger in trying to do too much physical activity only on the weekends.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Spray Parks The Hottest in Cool Fun What is the solution to beating the heat in the summer? Doesn't water just scream fun? You see photos every once in a while of children playing in the water… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine Construction PVC Playground Parts We hear talk about how PVC should be removed from the production in playground equipment because of the toxins left in the aftermath of a burned play structure… 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 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 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 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 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 Pagination First page « First Previous page ‹ Previous … Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 … Next page Next › Last page Last »
Inclusion Focus on the Person, Not the Disability Do you wear glasses, or know someone who does? Do you know someone with a disability? What’s the respectful way to refer to them? The term “crippled” has long… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Fitness Promoting Fitness in Children Weekend Warrior Style If children are living a sedentary lifestyle during the week, there is actual physical danger in trying to do too much physical activity only on the weekends.… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Spray Parks The Hottest in Cool Fun What is the solution to beating the heat in the summer? Doesn't water just scream fun? You see photos every once in a while of children playing in the water… Updated Mar 2, 2026 Playground Magazine
Construction PVC Playground Parts We hear talk about how PVC should be removed from the production in playground equipment because of the toxins left in the aftermath of a burned play structure… 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
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
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
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
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