Which events you watch in the winter Olympics has a lot to do with where you live. A story published just last week in the New York Times chronicles these… Read more »
Skating Rinks Are Breathing New Life into Parks
Yearly Archives: 2018
4 Parenting Tips to Encourage Healthy Risk-Taking at Playgrounds
“Careful, you’ll fall!” Hearing another parent shout this or something similar to his child when she’s scrambling up a climbing frame can make bystanders stop in their tracks. This parent,… Read more »
Is Ping Pong Becoming the Coolest Sport in The Country?
Hipsters have had their hands in dozens of comeback business trends: vinyl records, food trucks, boxing clubs, boutique cupcakes, arcade bars. The latest, it seems, is table tennis. Given a… Read more »
Designer Profile: Nathan Elliott, Principal at the Office of James Burnett on Persistence in Playground Design
Nathan Elliott didn’t always follow his creative instincts. The principal with the Office of James Burnett in Solana Beach, California, says he went into computer science at Louisiana State University… Read more »
The 7 Best Indoor Playgrounds to Beat the Winter Blues
When the temperature drops to single digits and below, as it did here in Chicago last week, the bite of winter can be too severe for children to play outside…. Read more »
Benefits of Outdoor Activities for Children with ADHD
If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know we’ve touched on ADHD before. It’s important, of course, as a matter of public health and wellness. But it’s also… Read more »
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