04 Jul The Perfect Playground is Worth the Risk – Part 2
As discussed in the first part of this article, perceived risk is a necessary part of play when it comes to commercial playground equipment. Without it, children become bored...
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27 Jun The Perfect Playground is Worth the Risk – Part 1
Would you play a game if you knew that the other team would lose every time? The obvious answer is no. None of us would want to do...
11 May Can a Playground Make you Smarter – Part 2
In the first part of this article, I covered four of the eight types of intelligences and how they can be improved upon in the playground. In the second part,...
05 Apr Can a Playground Make you Smarter – Part 1
A prominent theory in education is Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences. Gardner proposed that, rather than intelligence being a single trait that you either have or don't have, it...
01 Apr Play as you Go
Urban sprawl, city congestion and vertical living - all of these are affecting the lifestyle of families around the world. Increasingly, living spaces maximize buildings and multi-purpose green spaces,...
04 Jul A Better Play Experience for our Children – Step 3
Playground equipment has seen much evolution since its inception. The first playgrounds were little more than sand boxes; play spaces for many years featured simple devices such as see-saws,...
13 Jun A Better Play Experience for our Children – Step 2
While we realize that frequent play benefit children with their daily physical activity, it also extends beyond just profiting their youthful bodies. Recently, free-play has been seen to reduce stress,...
01 Jun A Better Play Experience for our Children – Step 1
Today's parents and caregivers are paying more attention than ever to the choices of activities for their children - not just in structured activities, but more increasingly in free-play. ...
03 May Grow, Learn and Develop
It has been said that it takes children to make a community. The sounds of happy, delighted children as they laugh, play and explore certainly do bring a warm...
01 Apr Play for Children has never been easier!
Do your children struggle when they go to the playground? Are they too tired to push the whirl, don't have enough energy to swing themselves? Children the world...