Building a More Accessible Playground

Author: Austin Stanfel

Playgrounds have a range of benefits for developing children. They allow them to develop their physical strength. It also lets them improve their social skills, as they learn how to communicate with other children. However, some playgrounds have a problem incorporating disabled people. This can make them feel excluded. This makes it harder for them to form relationships with other children. Thankfully, this doesn't need to be the case. Let's look at

How To Make Play Equipment Repairs Safely

Author: Austin Stanfel

When you own a playground, inevitably, you will occasionally need to perform repairs. This will keep the area safe for children to use. However, when repairing or replacing playground equipment, you should establish safety guidelines. This will prevent children from accidentally hurting themselves when trying to play on equipment that is being repaired. Let's look at some tips for how you can establish this routine.

First, you might need to make short-term repairs.

Promoting Health Through Play

Author: Austin Stanfel

For the last 50 years, American children have been getting heavier on average at a slow rate, which has now reached a crisis point. The number of children overweight has tripled since 1980, and 10 percent of them are considered obese. The lack of exercise is a direct connection to childhood and adult obesity, which can cause various health ailments. Educators and health experts have since created different strategies to intervene on

Playing As An Adult

Author: Austin Stanfel

Adults like to play too! There are many reasons that adults play and there are many benefits to adult play. Mainly playing is not just for children. If we all dig deep, we will find the desire to play and the enjoyment we get from playing. Most adult minds could benefit from a little more play.

Play isn't just for children, and it's for adults too you silly rabbit. Adults

Learning While Playing

Author: Austin Stanfel

Playgrounds are an all-time favorite of the children since the very beginning, no matter how much they are forbidden from getting involved in risky activities such as walking up the slides, dangling from the monkey bars, playing tag games, etc.

Though summers would cause blisters on the skin, still they would love to have fun out there. Therefore, it is the primary place that helps children learn many things. The essential skills, such

Maintaining Musical Playground Equipment

Author: Austin Stanfel

Musical playground equipment has been shown to have multiple benefits for children. It can help with their development and create an inclusive environment. For this reason, many people want to include this type of equipment in their playgrounds. However, to get the maximum benefits, you need to make sure that you maintain them properly. Let's look at some tips to help you do this in your playground.

First, you should make sure