Playground

The playground movement was a solution to the industrial revolution realties of crowded cities and long work hours. It sought to save the needy, immigrant, and homeless children from unhealthy tenement neighborhoods. Playground reformers believed that supervised play could improve the mental, moral, and physical well-being of children, and in the early twentieth century they expanded their calls into a broader recreation movement aimed at providing spaces for adult activities as well Though there

Walking by Hampton Elementary, the playground is in full view. Ms. Dana’s morning preschool class can be seen playing at recess. As you watch, you see three boys chasing each other around the exterior of the equipment with another girl trailing behind. A small girl dangles from one of the highest bars, and you wonder how she got up there. Two other girls are away from the group slightly, engrossed in a game of make-believe. You smile in amusement as they engage in what looks to be a growl-off

of the parents is to ensure that diligent attention is paid to the children at play. The National Program for Playground Safety has reported that inadequate supervision contributed to about 40 percent of all playground injuries. Swing set safety guidelines have been developed to guide parents, childcare providers and school officials to the best measures to prevent accidents on playground equipment. In addition to supervision, the child should be instructed on how to play safely, and the caregiver

their children hurt. The article “Can a Playground Be Too Safe?” brought up controversial concerns about the changes of todays playgrounds. It is true that American playgrounds are becoming overly protected. Towering monkey bars, jungle gyms and other climbing structures are replaced with less challenging equipments. Though I believe that safety should be the top priority when it comes to constructing playgrounds, I also believe that children should have playgrounds that offer challenges to all ages.

AMUSEMENT AND LEISURE INDUSTRIES OR INDOOR PLAYGROUND SECTOR Amusement centres include indoor play centres, amusement machine centres, mini-golf centres, go-kart venues and similar operations. At the end of June 2001, there were 288 businesses operating amusement centres in 384 locations. Most operations (236) were carried out at in capital cities and suburbs. Of the 384 locations, more than a third (138) were amusement machine centres. The amusement centres employed 2,793 people, the majority (61%)

position. Why or why not? In the essay, “Can Playgrounds be too Safe” by John Tierney, he argues that children should not be sheltered from playground equipment that some may consider unsafe, because they need to encounter challenges, such as, high jungle gyms to help them with phobias throughout life. I agree with him that many playgrounds have become too safe, especially for the older children. Children like to be adventurous and I think the playground helps them develop the ability to continue trying

Lucy Walker’s documentary, Devil’s Playground, examine Amish teens dealing with rumspringa, in which when teens turn age 16, they are given the opportunity to explore the outside of the world and experience “English” way of life. Rumspringa can last couple of years, until they make decision to become baptize in their faith and lifelong commitment or reject to return to their Amish villages. If they decide to join the Amish faith they have to give up all their "American" way of life. During Rumspringa

also previews the structure and content of the document. In the background, there are four parts: client requirements, customer requirements, safety requirements and engineering requirement. Client requires forward-looking, innovative and dynamic playground equipments. Customer requirements include population numbers, ages range and parent and stakeholder values. Moreover, background also provides safety requirements and engineering requirements. In the proposed solutions, we offer three different

Soon, Seth caught sight of Kayla again, she was now at the playgrounds highest point, what appeared to mimic a castle tower equipped with a pointed roof. An identical tower stood a little more than a dozen or so yards over to the left, and a walking bridge spanned the two. Kayla moved from the tower on Seth’s right to the one on the left, her footfalls tapping on the metallic bridge as she scurried. Once inside the second tower, Seth saw Kayla peer down at the grounds below as if searching for

Park is not a through street, but a cul-de-sac where cars park along the curve and wrap around to leave the grounds. As one walks towards the park, the landscape is well maintained and free of litter. A latched door and wooden fence enclose the playground area; and structurally, the height of the latch is not reachable for infants or toddlers. On a wooden post positioned to the entrance, a sign states the proper ages for the children and mandatory adult supervision. After inspecting the equipment