Archive for March, 2010

Who can I contact regarding a dangerous playground?

JENNY asked:


We have a really nice park…which I believe is through the city and strangely there are big rocks (boulders) all around the play area….maybe to look nice or something but they are so dangerous.
Ummm hello…there are kids running around and jumping on all the playground equipment and yet they put those everywhere…I mean even next to the swings. Why?!!!! I seriously think they should be removed…They are way too dangerous. I don’t think anyone in our city has complained. Who can I contact? How can I get results? We don’t go there anymore because of that.

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Playground like a prison yard, sound familiar?

GerberaMom asked:


I helped with the pizza lunch at my son’s school today for the first time. I did yard supervision too and I saw for the first time all the kids out playing.

This is what their ‘play’ area looks like: all concrete, no painted lines. Grassy area off to one side that the kids use to wrestle, play fight, eventually get accidentally bloodied noses from I’m guessing (BTW, not the issue).
There are maybe 2 soccer balls for the whole school to play with. Just 2 skipping ropes (that I could see), no chalk for hopscotch, nothing else. No playground equipment, except at the front of the school and only for the short recesses.

The children just chase each other around. That’s all there was to do. I thought it was horrible. My son, who hasn’t developed any play friends at school yet, just wandered around by himself, and I noticed a couple of other kids doing that too.

In my school days we always had balls and skipping ropes, probably other things too. At this school, the kids aren’t aloud to bring toys with them, and there are so many kids running around in a relatively cramped space that they would get whipped by a turning skipping rope in no time.

Has anyone else experienced this, and was anything ever done? We just moved to this neighbourhood and have realized that the school is sadly underfunded for everything from the educational books to the exterior of the building.

I’m considering sending my son to the babysitter’s for lunch just so that he’s not left isolated and bored at lunch.

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A merry-go-round is a common piece of playground equipment. A 3.0-m-diameter merry-go-round with a mass of 250?

JOExHIGASHI asked:


What is the merry-go-round’s angular velocity, in rpm, after John jumps on?
Sorry. This is the full question:

A merry-go-round is a common piece of playground equipment. A 3.0-m-diameter merry-go-round with a mass of 250 kg is spinning at 20 rpm. John runs tangent to the merry-go-round at 5.0 m/s, in the same direction that it is turning, and jumps onto the outer edge. John’s mass is 30 kg.

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Kris Starliper asked:


The playgrounds at daycare centers and preschools are often where children learn important social skills that they will use for the rest of their lives. Playgrounds are not only fun and encourage physical fitness, but they are also a place where children bond and form friendships. Playground equipment can transform any playground into a world of imagination. Playground equipment can improve the social skills of children by teaching them the value of sharing.

Learning how to share on the playground will help them learn how to share materials inside of the classroom as well. Children will also learn how to follow the rules by waiting in line for their turn to use the playground equipment. Playing on the playground equipment is something that children look forward to so they can play outdoors and makes friends. They gain the knowledge of cooperating with others and build their self-confidence when they learn new skills like climbing and sliding.

Children also improve their communicative skills while using playground equipment in daycare or preschool. They become skilled at knowing how to negotiate when sharing the playground equipment and express a need for order if someone tries to cut them in line. Children also ask each other for help when they want to be pushed on swings or need help climbing on equipment. Communication skills are important and playgrounds provide a chance for children to ask friends for help and provide compassion when others are in need of help. Playgrounds are an excellent way for them to understand teamwork.

Imaginative skills and creativity thrives best on playgrounds. Children feel excited to have free playtime and let their imaginations run wild. They never get tired or bored of playground equipment while in daycare or preschool because they always imagine a new fun scenario. Imagination will transform a jungle gym into a spaceship or a seesaw into a rowboat. Playground equipment makes them excited about going to daycare and it gets them to think creatively. Children look forward to playing on the playground to release some energy and they learn these important social skills all at once.

Daycare centers and preschools that have playgrounds give children the opportunity to rethink the way they play and their idea of fun. Many preschoolers only enjoy being indoors watching television or playing video games. Playground equipment teaches children important social skills that cannot be obtained by playing video games. Playgrounds are a great way to promote physical fitness at daycare centers. Children get a chance to be active, improve their motor skills and coordination.

Children love to explore new ways to use playground equipment and the learning benefits and advantages are endless. Daycare centers and preschools should invest in high quality playground equipment that is durable and will last them a long time. It is important to provide a sufficient amount of playground equipment in order for these imperative skills to be learned. A wide range of equipment is also ideal to provide learning opportunities for children of all ages.



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Playground Equipment?

Jenn asked:


Hello,
My PTA group is wanting to purchase some fun, and safe playground equipment for grades 6th-8th. We are stuck on what to purchase because we want to be sure that it will be used during the lunch recess. Any ideas? If you have links to pictures so I can get a better idea that would be great! Thank you!!

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We have a very large garage. We would like to clean it out and put childrens indoor playground equipment in.

basport_2000 asked:


for our Grandson (6) and his friends to play in ….what would be some good suggestions? Kid safe of course…

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Vikram Kumar asked:


There is an old saying “Health is Wealth” which is known to everyone. Health is very important for everyone and a child is not an exception. Most of the parents consider good diet as best way to make their child healthy. However alone good diet is not at all sufficient!

It is so because along with good food, there is also very much requirement of physical works or exercises. The best way to engage children in doing physical exercises is by offering them to play as much as possible. The best physical exercise for children is playing in open air in the playgrounds with various equipments like playground slides, swing riders etc.  It is because of this reason now the popularity of playground equipments is also increasing at a very fast rate.

Playground slides are enjoyed on most of the children’s playgrounds. It is quite common to see them at children’s playgrounds, parks, schools and other important places meant for children’s recreation. Along with playground slides, there are many other things that are considered very useful for children and must for schools, parks or playgrounds.

Among various things the first in terms of utility is picnic table. Picnic tables for outdoor usually come in recycled plastic, steel and wood. It is worth to note that with the help of picnic tables, a clean sitting and eating area with a table can be built for commercial settings and great look can be given to parks, schools or playgrounds.

Thus from the above it can be concluded easily that both playground slides and picnic tables are considered important for every playgrounds or schools. However there are various things that are considered very important while buying these useful equipments. The first one in the list is the provision of safety. As the playground slides or picnic tables are meant for children it is very important that they must be tested carefully and must be safe for children. It is here where the need of a reliable company arises that can offer best quality playground slides or picnic tables that are not only great in looks but safe as well.

AAA State of Play is a company that can be termed as an ideal company for providing commercial grade playground equipment for parks, schools, daycare, neighborhood parks, and church facilities at very competitive prices. It is the policy of the company to offer only the safe equipments that are tested well for safety before selling.

There are several other important features of AAA State of Play that makes it an inevitable choice for various commercial grade playground equipments. Some of them are as under:

1.      Wide variety to choose from: the first and the most important feature of AAA State of Play is that it offers very wide variety to choose from. Either you talk about the design or the type of equipment, it is sure to get all at very fair price here.

2.      Provision of special testing before selling: There are not many companies that spend money on testing its equipments before selling but AAA State of Play is an exception. All equipments are first tested before they are sold in the market.

3.      Other features: There are other features like impressive customer support, competitive prices, installation services etc that are enough to make this company the best company for various playground slides or picnic tables or other equipments.



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