All People Can Play Playground Blog
Here, you'll find details on playground maintenance, product information and updates, sales and promotions, benefits of play and more!
This year, the National Park Service is turning 100 years old! To celebrate their centennial anniversary, they’re offering free admission to all national parks during National Park Week from April 16th through 24th. The theme for 2016 is “Find Your Park,” which encou...
What are your favorite childhood memories when your parents told you, “Go outside and play”? Do you remember wandering the woods with a sibling? Did you concoct mud pie recipes in the backyard after a rainy day? Maybe you had a gang of neighborhood friends that roa...
Teachers, parents and caregivers can look for inspiring and creative methods to encourage children to practice reading and language skills. At All People Can Play, we know that children enjoy educational activities that get them outside of the classroom, and tend to...
Have ever watched a child approach a tree, fence, or other obstacle and just leap up? They really do not stop to question whether they can or cannot climb it. They just know with a charming bravado that they will figure it out, somewhere on the way up.
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Visit your local park on a weekend afternoon and you will see the playground teeming with activity from local children. Kids will be playing in the sand, running around with friends and/or siblings, or exploring the play structure.
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Making time to get outside and enjoy your local park or playground? If you are like most people you enjoy the use of a community park for outdoor fun, and any given weekend you can see how important parks are as a neighborhood hub. They provide a safe, healthy place...
Why was there ever a time where school boards felt the need to cut back on playground equipment and recess playtime? The shift in educational approach began in the 1980’s led by a belief t...
Parents, teachers, and caregivers share the common goal to inspire young children while protecting them from injury. In fact the bulk of supervision for children ages 2-12 years-old involves steering them clear of situations that might present injury, or so it seems...
The first assignment we give to children is to learn how to play. Play time can be independent activities such as building blocks...
If your organization has selected a new park or playground as a capital project for 2015, there are a number of methods that you can use to source part or all of the funding required for the purchase and installation of your playground. Purchasing quality equipment...
