5 Point for Kids Playground Design

Playgrounds for kids are necessary for their proper physical fitness, development of motor skills, social interaction, and much more.

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Building a great playground involves combining all those ideas that can create a single integrated place that is not only loved by kids but aid their development and physical fitness also.

Here are some points that will help you to design and build a nice playground for your kids.

Free Play:

Today kids have a lot of choices, such as soccer, gymnastic, tea ball, craft classes, DVDs, and more than 50 TV channels. No, the question is, Where does the playground fit it?

The adults think that the best experience for kids is the game and activities directed by adults. But, the truth is, when kids, play without adult intervention, they become more confident, creative, and spontaneous. Because organized activities do not allow the kids to pretend and express themselves freely. 

 The playgrounds promote free play, which builds social skills, sportsman spirit, confidence, and self-esteem satisfaction.   There free play activity by the playground authority is much important.

Free play does not mean without the presence of an adult. It means without the intervention of adults.  

Kids Stuff:

Now the question is how to promote free play at playgrounds. It's all about the stuff in the playground. There are many issues regarding equipment; its size, safety, and cost, etc. And the stuff is needed according to different age groups of kid. Therefore it should be divided into three parts. one for Pre-school kids, one for 5-10 years kids and one for 10 and more. 

Approach for all kids:

While building a playground it should also be kept in view that the playground should be accessible for all kids. The designer should also keep in view the special kids. There should be activities for handicaps, blind the deaf, and dumb kids also. 

Balance :

80% of injuries on play grounds are caused by unbalancing surfaces.  Hence, the surface should be balanced and smooth for all games.  Other than this the equipment, like ladders swings, monkey bars, etc, must have standard height. For the school-age children not more than 8 feet and for Pre-school kids not more than 6 feet high. 

Safety and Security of kids:

The safety of kids is necessary. There should be a proper partition for each age group part and particularly the area that is bounded for special kids. So, that the younger and elder kids do not get mixed. Other than this there should be a ground supervisor, who can interfere when the play gets dangerous. 

The National Program for Playground Safety provides a kit for the playground supervisor. It includes manual and video