playground
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 roamed...
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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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...
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...
Infants and toddlers experience the swiftest amount of growth and development that they ever will at their early ages. It is during this period that they begin to form an understanding about the world around them, and they learn the most through play. At all ages and...
Children are busier today in terms of schedules, demands, and expectations than they have ever been. That is because well-meaning parents are determined to provide ample physical and group activities that enhance their children’s development. It sounds like a good...
Visit any playground at any location around the world, and you are bound to see several commercial slide designs. Another thing you are virtually guaranteed...
The first motion that children experience after birth is a gentle rocking to sooth them. It is no accident that young children are provided with special chairs and beds that allow for a rocking to-and-fro motion to help lull them into a calm state or to sleep. Biologically, human beings...
