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In the past, some playground owners and even playground sales firms believed that anyone with a shovel could install playgrounds. Find someone willing to dig holes , and the mission is accomplished! Do not fall into that mindset with today's playground …

Deciding what brand of play equipment to purchase for your project can be a daunting task. The International Playground Equipment Manufacturers Association, (IPEMA) has over 100 manufacturer members of playgrounds or playgrounds surfacing products. This …

Every summer all Jonas wants to do is stay home, visit with his neighborhood friends and play computer games. And every summer he is made to go to day camp. His parents give him no choice. They both have to work. Jonas begins camp with a sense of dread. …

It's a classic example of letting the little things slip by some - intentionally; others because of lack of appreciation of what it means - until they pile up into significant problems. Remember the funny song about an ant that moved a rubber tree plant? …

Meet Billy, a spunky ten-year-old with reddish hair and freckles. His wisecracks keep friends, young and old, in stitches constantly. A few years ago, before his accident, his friends declared him the fastest kid in the local play yard. Now, confined to a …

The safety of our children is of paramount importance to the City of Ormond Beach, Fla., and especially so to its Parks and Recreation Department. It is for that reason we have taken the initiative to install a not-so-inexpensive  Thor Guard Lightning …

In the best environments and under the best of circumstances accidents and injuries will still occur, unfortunately. While the aftermath of an accident may be a stressful event it may produce great value for the agency and your customers as a whole. Your …

Picture this: it's day camp during spring break for children k-6th grade at the playground in Fox Lake. While not exactly an astounding sight, and it certainly wasn't winter in upstate New York, but it raised more than a few eyebrows. Kids playing was …

Cozy Spaces Are Important Young children are constantly gathering the input needed to build an internalized system for sorting, processing, storing, and recalling information. The diligent pursuit of this input leads to the next necessary building block …

Planning your new playground effectively will include a play area evaluation process. Various evaluations will need to be taken into account to determine what products, situations, and details will best serve the children in your play area. Play Site …

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 accepting? I am holding this process up with concerns about modifications to the playground. A unit …

A complete understanding of the play equipment purchasing process is the best way to ensure a successful new playground project. Following the process, most play equipment manufacturers recommendations allow a playground purchaser to get design, safety, …

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 half ran to the front of the room. The students glanced at him nonchalantly. It was the first day …

Most adults can reflect back on their childhood experiences and recall joyful memories involving vigorous and non-vigorous  outdoor play  activities. Some of these thoughts involve active childhood games and creative problem-solving with friends during …

"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, many schools across the nation are actually cutting back on the time allotted for playground activity. This, …

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 ADD and issues with focusing, and also help with childhood obesity problems. Will yoga become …

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 School, near London, England has parents in a dither after banning tag at recess. Parents are …

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 Dr. Seuss's Oh! The Places You Will Go , now is your chance to learn a little about this man …

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, you're scratching your head right now wondering how a fence is going to watch children at play. It …