How important is play? By Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D.
For the generation of Americans that lived by the daily adage, “you must come inside when the street lights come on,” the importance of play was intuitive and occurred naturally in the course of everyday American life. Baby boomers recite the street light regulation as one of America’s unwritten rules that most children understood and practiced. Certainly that was the case for those of…
For the generation of Americans that lived by the daily adage, “you must come inside when the street lights come on,” the importance of play was intuitive and occurred naturally in the course of everyday American life. Baby boomers recite the street light regulation as one of America’s unwritten rules that most children understood and practiced. Certainly that was the case for those of…
Structured
school- and community-based programs that are culturally relevant have demonstrated some success in increasing physical activity among Latino
children. Find out more in this video or in the Salud America! research
package on this topic at www.salud-america.org/research.
Public Playground Safety Handbook from CPSC.
A must have document for schools and day care centers is the Public Playgrounds Safety Handbook.
CPSC’s public playground guidelines are detailed here and are intended to help parks, schools, installers and others choose the safest equipment.
Check out our other resources on our Playground Resources Page.
Related Articles and information on Playground Safety.
School playgrounds can be safe.
A must have document for schools and day care centers is the Public Playgrounds Safety Handbook.
CPSC’s public playground guidelines are detailed here and are intended to help parks, schools, installers and others choose the safest equipment.
Check out our other resources on our Playground Resources Page.
Related Articles and information on Playground Safety.
School playgrounds can be safe.
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