Comments on: Playgrounds and Child Development http://cityparksblog.org/2008/12/10/playgrounds-and-child-development/ A Chronicle of the Urban Parks Movement Sun, 27 May 2012 01:41:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: rotalu laukumi http://cityparksblog.org/2008/12/10/playgrounds-and-child-development/#comment-1164 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:04:09 +0000 http://cityparksblog.org/?p=340#comment-1164 Fixman sells children playground equipment for Latvian and Estonian market, specializing in top of range quality park and play products for small kids

]]> By: Ben http://cityparksblog.org/2008/12/10/playgrounds-and-child-development/#comment-65 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:54:59 +0000 http://cityparksblog.org/?p=340#comment-65 Thanks for the example from Tuscon. You raise an interesting point. For a lot of TPL’s work, we’re upgrading the sites from asphalt only school yards, but in many cities the schoolyards are already there, and they’re just not open to the public..

]]> By: ben at KaBOOM! http://cityparksblog.org/2008/12/10/playgrounds-and-child-development/#comment-64 Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:26:01 +0000 http://cityparksblog.org/?p=340#comment-64 An exciting part of TPL’s work with the NYC playgrounds, is their leadership in the area of shared-use (joint-use) agreements with school systems.

We too often see cities that have their entire inventory of school playgrounds locked-up during holidays, on weekends, and over the summer…all prime-times for young people to play.

We’ve been featuring Tucson’s work as another best practice in this regard, where 12 elementary schoolyards were kept open for play this past summer, as a pilot partnership of the Department of Parks and Rec and Tucson Unified.

These steps are an essential part of making play opportunities and access to quality playspaces a more regular part of every child’s daily life.

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