Playground News
May 15, 2013
The decision to have a kid is an act of imagining. You imagine a baby, and then the childhood it deserves: a Huck Finn existence in the marshes, frog in hand, alert to wonder.
But then there’s the fact that you live in a city, and when summer comes...
May 15, 2013
“Way to go Cougars!” a student at Copper Mesa Elementary in Highlands Ranch exclaimed as the gym full of students cheered.
“Way to go Cougars!” a student at Copper Mesa Elementary in Highlands Ranch exclaimed as the gym full of students cheered.
The occasion was a kind of pep assembly at the Denver-area school, but it was unlike any pep assembly I remember attending....
May 15, 2013
Consumer toy guide announces hottest toys for summer fun, including items from Fisher-Price, Hasbro, Lego, and more. Find scooters, water toys, great travel toys, outdoor toys, and so much more!
New York, NY (April 30th, 2013) – The Toy Insider™, ...
May 15, 2013
Don't Be a Fair-Weathered Friend to Nature
It might be raining cats and dogs out there, but that doesn't mean outdoor playtime is off limits. Be Out There's trusty weather report might have you thinking twice about keeping your kids indoors.
In our...
May 15, 2013
“How can we make our playground safe?” It seems a simple enough question. Yet the answer is anything but (and even the question is not as simple as it looks). In fact, managing risk in a playground is much more complex than in a factory or a...
May 15, 2013
Children should be allowed to suffer bumps or bruises during their school days to help them build character, a leading headteacher will say today.
Christian Heinrich, chairman of the Boarding Schools Association, will tell his annual conference that...
April 29, 2013
Playground Professionals is excited to announce that two new columnists have joined our efforts to get readers thinking about the issues!
Playground Professionals is excited to announce that two new columnists have joined our efforts to get readers thinking about the issues!
Confessions of a Playground Guru - Called by many as one of the “fathers of the modern playground,” Jay...
April 29, 2013
How will you participate?
What is International School Grounds Month?
How will you participate?
What is International School Grounds Month?
In May 2013 the International School Grounds Alliance is calling on schools around the globe to take their pupils outside and celebrate their grounds. It’s as simple as that. We...
April 29, 2013
Ansonia Mayor James Della Volpe took off his suit jacket, got behind the controls of a backhoe, and toppled the splintery wood of a school playscape Monday in the hopes that a nonprofit group would get the message: Prendergast School needs a new...
April 29, 2013
When it comes to play, humans don’t play around.
When it comes to play, humans don’t play around.
Other species play, but none play for as much of their lives as humans do, or as imaginatively, or with as much protection from the family circle. Human children are unique in using play to explore...
April 29, 2013
The third annual Screen-Free Week is April 29 to May 5. Take the challenge to turn off your cell phones, TVs, and iPads to spend more quality time with your family.
The third annual Screen-Free Week is April 29 to May 5. Take the challenge to turn off your cell phones, TVs, and iPads to spend more quality time with your family.
You may feel like you’ve heard it all before, but listen up, as it’s worth...
April 29, 2013
Kent County Council paid out £700,000 to children since 2008
In Essex, £227,137 paid out in compensation and costs in five years
Compensation culture fuelled by lawyers offering no-win no-fee deals
Swings and slides are being removed from Britain's...
April 26, 2013
Phys ed programs are getting away from team sports—with great physical and academic results.
Gym class at Churchill High School in San Antonio doesn’t look much like it did a few years ago. Students no longer sit on the sidelines, bored or anxious,...
April 26, 2013
Mark Kaufmann and Eric Hautemont were typical Silicon Valley denizens. Kaufmann served in marketing roles to software and internet start-ups. Hautemont founded Ray Dream, a 3D software developer for Mac, and ran his own seed fund. The money was good...
April 26, 2013
It’s not in the DSM, but Richard Louv argues that being divorced from nature is a sort of disorder. More and more research backs him up.
Somewhere during the American experience, between Teddy Roosevelt and color TV, being outdoors and maybe even...
April 26, 2013
CLEMSON — The US Play Coalition housed in the Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Department in the College of Health, Education, and Human Development, has named Carly Summers as its first executive director. She will work closely with the US Play...
April 26, 2013
Nearly one in five high school age boys in the United States and 11 percent of school-age children over all have received a medical diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to new data from the federal Centers for Disease...
April 26, 2013
We have designated April 22-26, 2013, as National Playground Safety Week! This years’ theme is Safe Sliders!
We have designated April 22-26, 2013, as National Playground Safety Week! This years’ theme is Safe Sliders!
This year is particularly special because we are teaming up with Dr. Ed Holt from the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center Health Sciences...