River themed playground Breckenridge Colorado. Collaboration with DTJ Design. Custom wood towers, net bridge, natural log jam climber, rope challenge obstacle course, slide. Design by Earthscape Play.
Be it hidden fairy gardens, giant snakes or physical challenges the play space successfully embeds itself into the Botanic Gardens providing opportunity to interact with water, nature and learn through creative play.
The Westmoreland Nature-Based Play Area is a pilot project for Portland Parks and Recreation. GreenWorks collaborated with Portland Parks & Recreation to replace an outdated playground with a nature-based play environment. GreenWorks focused on developing a context-sensitive design that woul
Connecting children to nature through play, regardless of age or ability.
Be it hidden fairy gardens, giant snakes or physical challenges the play space successfully embeds itself into the Botanic Gardens providing opportunity to interact with water, nature and learn through creative play.
Natural play at Kew Gardens including play boulders, natural logs, tree trunks and mounds. Duncan & Grove are experts in the design and build of natural play.
Our school has an Outdoor Learning Committee that I am a part of. We all feel very strongly that the environment where the children play outside is just as important as the environment inside our school. We have worked hard to make our playground an area where the kids can run, exercise explore and yes...learn! Outside play plays an important role in children's development! They are working gross motor muscles and getting must needed exercise. They learn how to solve problems such as when social disagreements arise. They learn empathy as they help friends who get hurt. They learn to take risks and see where their limits are and feel empowered as they take those risks and succeed. They create games and role play. They learn science concepts as they discover things in nature and learn to look closer and ask questions about what they see as they discover new things. They learn kindness as they try to save an insect in danger or nurture a plant. They are literally learning about life and life skills as they play outside, so we knew the environment needed to support that. We had an area that we were having some problems with in the middle of our asphalt area. We wanted to turn it into something all of the kids could explore and benefit from and decided to create a Barefoot Sensory Path. We came up with a design and my husband figured out how to make it so that it would be sturdy and last. Our amazing PTO gave us funds to purchase the materials and we had fun shopping at Lowes for items that would provide the sensory experiences we were hoping for. Our team came in on a Saturday and went to work. Our maintenance team had dug the area down four inches so that it would be even with the asphalt. We put down a layer of paver sand, and then the 4x4's. We glued some materials to 2x2 pieces of plywood. The sections were all 2x2. We filled the sections with paver base and tamped it solid. My son even came and helped! Here is the finished frame. Of course, we had to test it out! Here is the finished path!! We were so excited for the kids to try it! It was a huge success!! The kids absolutely loved walking on it with bare feet, crawling on it and feeling with their hands and even laying in it enjoying the warmth radiating from it from being in the sun. Another new area we created was an area to create roads, ramps, etc. using scrap wood, cars, signs and other loose parts. This lovely lady below had the vision for this area! We also added an area to really work those gross motor muscles. Mr. Doyle created a boundary to keep it all contained to one area. We filled it with stumps, logs, and large branches. The kids have created obstacle courses and love lifting these up to show how strong they are! They jump, balance and create here. They collaborate and problem solve. They use both critical and creative thinking skills. This is a great area to develop 21st Century Learning Skills as they play! For our nature lovers, we have an area with plants for them to explore and observe. Some are edible such as peppermint and fennel. We have cone flowers, milkweed, irises, sunflowers and more. This area is a great place to explore and observe insects also! Here are some other things on our playground where they can let lose and have fun! Our playground is still a work in progress! We have many more ideas that we want to implement some day! One step at a time!
Blue Lake Park a Metro Park located in Fairview Oregon just opened a new natural play area. The construction used mostly wood found on site to create the play areas many features. Early opinions are in! “This is fun!” “I love sand.” “Be careful.” “This is scary.” (while laughing) “Cool!” “This is awesome!” “This whole entire thing is real!” The most popular components include: - The sand pit - Moving around the loose parts, building forts - Trying out the balancing logs - Even parents have been seen trying out the play areas features This play area was designed and built under the watchful eye of a few dedicated Metro employees. I think the choice of components and materials is great. Metro is working on developing a maintenance policy for the natural wood components that includes weekly, monthly, and annual inspections. I think the maintenance end of natural play will be an important discussion point as their popularity increases. Maintenance folks like to have a manual, a number to call for extra parts and a set inspection list. Last time I checked a log did not come with any of these features.
Brooklyn-based designers XLXS - Taka Sarui + Julia Molloy have just completed GrowShelter in Philadelphia, winner of the Schuylkill Environmental Education Center Sustainable Design/Build Competition. Brooklyn-based designers XLXS - Taka Sarui + Julia Molloy have just completed GrowShelter in...
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As soon as the weather warms up, it’s time to say no to TV and phone, get the kids outside! If you’re lucky to own a sprawling property big enough for a kid’s
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The boy who dreamed of Dragons This is David. And David askes me if he could be in a picture with a dragon... Since all my baby dragons just left the nest I didn't know where we would find another one. But we lucked out and found one in a forest nearby! Thanks to David and his sword we returned safely from our trip :) But it was an awesome adventure! Strobist: Canon 580EX II on 1/2 power. Triggered by Cactus V4. | My Blog! || Project 365 || FaceBook | All rights reserved ©. Images may not be copied or used in any way without my written permission.
Lots of lovely leaves around to make beautiful decorations with! Whooo! This activity was really easy and I always like the art activities w...
Senior pictures that show what you love, play and do! Doesn't matter what you like to do, let's document that in your senior pictures. Bring props and we will create the poses and take pics to show you off doing your favorite things.
Be warned! Your kids will never want to leave the new Eldean Family Nature Play Park at Outdoor Discovery Center in Holland, Michigan. It really is that much fun!
