Building a community inclusive playground takes a lot of people, knowledge and funds. The idea often starts with a group of dedicated volunteers and their first step is research. They want to know what is already out there, how to…
Author: MARA KAPLAN
Fundraising Ideas for accessible playgrounds
Lately, there has been a whole bunch of interesting fundraising projects happening around the country. Grab a great new idea and share with us what you have been doing to raise funds. In the Chicago Area, the Lincolnshire Special Recreation…
Inclusive play equipment: Roller Slides
Landscape Structures offers two different ways for full body tactile stimulation–the Roller Table and Roller Slide. The Sensory Play Roller Table™ provides kids much needed sensory stimulation, through the application of deep-muscle pressure, from the steel rollers. It helps…
Inclusive play equipment: Electronic games–part II
The Pulse™ line of interactive, multisensory games from Landscape Structures encourage movement in anew way. Colorful lights and engaging sounds invite kids to play this back-and-forth game that gets faster as it goes. Players can tally their points—or play just…
Inclusive play equipment: Electronic Games–Part I
NEOS 360 by Playworld Systems combines the speed and fun of electronic games with the explosive movement of aerobic exercise and is one of the most inclusive playground activities I have witnessed. Research shows playing NEOS delivers a workout comparable…
Inclusive play equipment: Bouncing Play Structures
Elephant Play is a playground manufacturer in Canada that makes very different types of equipment. Today we will look at their jumping and bouncing opportunities and tomorrow will look at their other types of equipment. After fences, the number one…
Inclusive play equipment: Elephant Play
Yesterday, we looked at Elephant Play’s bouncing equipment, today we will look at the rest of their offerings.
Inclusive Play Equipment: Inclusive Play Inc.
Here are more interesting pieces of playground equipment from a company in Scotland, Inclusive Play
Inclusive play equipment: Triumph Climber
Designing an inclusive playground can be a significant challenge. A great playground is one that offers children of all abilities the chance to test their motor skills. Accessible playgrounds tend to only offer children who are working on the simplest…
Inclusive play equipment: Freenotes Instruments
We have highlighted these instruments in the past, but they are so wonderful we wanted to include them again in this equipment series.