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Playground elements 2.4: roundabouts, bollards, snakes, music, trampolines, climbing

Easy playing devices giving a mental stimulation -- bollard jumping and tire jumping / tyre jumping -- balancing trunks -- tire throwing: throw bike tires / bike tyres -- labyrinth -- playing snake labyrinth -- tunnels on a playground -- music on the playground: natural music instruments -- playing devices supporting sportiness -- roundabouts -- carousels -- trampolines and jumping castles -- climbing on the playground and in the forest -- warning from climbing in the forest

Bollard jumping 01 on Hari Krishna Farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [1]	Play snake 01 in Schützenmattpark in Basel, Switzerland [10]	Bottle xylophone 01 on the playground of Hari Krishna Farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [20]
Roundabout 03 in Bernese Oberland with playing children [24]	Trampoline 10a with net, 1.4 m diameter, toys of Weltbild.de	Climbing 09a: climbing pyramid with slide on Max Halbe Lane, Lindau, Germany

Analysis by Michael Palomino (2012)

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Easy playing devices with mental stimulations

Bollard jumping and tire jumping

Jumping is supporting the development of sense of balance and bodily control. Children can play tags for hours, first on stairs, then also on bollards, then also on the tires.
Of course the bollards are also a seating accommodation.

Bollard jumping 01 on Hari Krishna farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [1] -- the natural bollards are connecting the children mentally with the roots of nature (+) -- unfortunately trees are missing for natural shadow or half-shade, above all in the hot climate of North Chile (-).	Bollard jumping 02 with a trunk for balancing on Hari Krishna farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [2] -- the natural bollards are connecting the children mentally with the roots of nature (+) -- unfortunately trees are missing for natural shadow or half-shade, above all in the hot climate of North Chile (-).
Bollard jumping 03 on Hari Krishna farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [3] -- the natural bollards are connecting the children mentally with the roots of nature (+) -- unfortunately trees are missing for natural shadow or half-shade, above all in the hot climate of North Chile (-).	Bollard jumping 04 in different colors in Salasaca in Ecuador [4] -- also here trees are missing for natural shadow or half-shade, but in Ecuador in the mountains it's not so hot.
Bollard jumping 05, a bollard mountain of play device company "Legnolandia" at the exhibition "archiexpo" [5]

 

Tire jumping / tyre jumping

Tire jumping / tyre jumping 01 in school of "Kitawa" in Salasaca in Ecuador [6]

Tire jumping / tyre jumping 02 painted in different colors and in different sizes, found in Tsachopen, region of Oxapampa in Peru This row of tires / tyres is painted in different colors (+) and the tires are in different sizes (+) and are fixed in different heights (+). Pero puede ser que la ropa va a ser colorada también y por eso no se debería pintar neumáticos para jugar. In the background there is a slide without flat end. There one can see how important is this analysis.

Balancing trunks

Children should learn balancing because in life can also be situations when one has to balance between certani persons or one has to balance "over a rover full of crocodiles". This exercise will help to the soul to be strong in situations when it seems that there is no good person around, for example with criminal mobbing.

Balancing trunks, school "Kitawa" in Salasaca in Ecuador	Balancing trunks 02: gathering of balancing trunks on the playground called "Biberburg" ("Beaver Castle") in Dresden, Germany
Balancing trunks 03+04 with cemented poles, and with technical data, LoggyLand, Germany Well, it's clear that children like to learn balancing, but for sure they don't want to begin in a height of 50 cm, but -- first they want to begin with trunks on the ground, and then -- in a height of 10, then 20 cm. That's why poles in different heights should exist.
	Balancing trunks 05: Wobbling balancing beam on coil springs in Parensen, region of Goettingen, Germany This variation is training all muscles at the same time, and two children at the same time on a wobbling beam can give impulses for chasing each other from the wobbling beam - or as it will be then.

Tire throwing / tyre throwing: throwing bicycle tires

Tire throwing 01: bicycle tires are thrown on a metal frame, playground in Hamburg-Lurup [7]

Tire throwing 02: bicycle tires are thrown on a tree trunk, playground in Hamburg-Lurup [8]

Labyrinth

Brain-teaser of a labyrinth is a great stimulation for a child gifted in meditation.

Labyrinth 01 as a part of an adventure course in Nalbach in Saarland, Germany [9]

Snake labyrinth

Playing hide and seek in a snake can only have the children. Here adults have no access.

Playground snake 01 for hide and seek in Schützenmattpark (Rifleman Meadow Park) in Basel, Switzerland [10] The playground snake can be washed with a pressure washer with the access by the different holes.
Playground snake 02 made of a trunk, frontal view, on Hari Krishna farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [11] This manner to see a trunk must be absolutely unique (+).	Playground snake 03 made of a trunk, back view, on Hari Krishna farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [12]
Playground snake 04 in the center of the town of Velbert (near Wuppertal), Germany [13]	Playground snake 05 in the center of the town of Velbert (near Wuppertal), Germany [14]

Tunnels on the playground

A tunnel is a straight snake, but without a form of an animal. When an artificial hill is arranged there is also the possibility to install one more little tunnel.

Tunnel 01, Dietingen, BW, Germany

Tunnel 02, Peygarten, Ottenstein-Lichtenfels, Austria

Tunnel 03 in an artificial hill in Egelsbach near Darmstadt, Germany [20] Unfortunately big trees are missing giving shadow for the children.

Music on the playground: natural music instruments

Every playground can be equipped with simple music instruments so the children get the experience of song phenomenons of nature
-- with dancing chimes
-- with woods in different lengths
-- with bottles differently filled.

Dancing chimes, no location [15] In the 1990s dancing chimes were invented which are installed underground. These floor dancing chimes are very expensive but give the children an important and perhaps the decisive stimulation for developing music activities.	Dancing chimes of the company Richter Toys in Frasdorf, Bavaria, Germany [16]
Dendrophone 01 in Mühltal ("Mill Valley") in Germany [17] Different kinds of wood give different sounds, or different length of woods also give different sounds.	Dendrophone 02, in Neuenkirchen in Lower Saxony in Germany [18]
Bottle xylophone on the territory of the playground of Hari Krishna farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [19] The bottle xylophones can be easily installed on any crossbar one can find. Glass bottles give different sounds according to their fillings. -- this bottle xylophone is the first lesson in physics (+) -- unfortunately trees are missing for a natural shadow or half-shade, above all in the hot climate of North Chile (-). And there also this point: the water in the bottles is vaporizing and every 3 months one has to tune the bottles with water. So, it would be better to find different bottles with different sounds without water fillings, or one makes a combination so only two or three bottles have to be adjusted with a water filling. There are many tricks with these xylophones.
Bottle xylophone 01 on the playground of Hari Krishna farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [20]	Bottle xylophone 02 on the playground of Hari Krishna farm "Eco Truly" in Lluta Valley near Arica in Chile [21]

Playground elements supporting sportiness

Little roundabouts

Tiny but fine. These roundabouts are a crazy joy for children from 4 to 10 years. This little roundabout creates situations with a little bit desorder but with a great laughing which are not possible in any other location, above all because the players are a little bit dizzy then and the world is "turning around themselves" then. Such a little roundabout should be installed where groups of children appear, with a supervisor. Also adults can have joy with it.

Roundabout 01, camping Tresiana, Switzerland [22]	Roundabout without indication of location [23]
Roundabout 03 in Bernese Oberland with playing children on it [24]

Big roundabouts

Big roundabouts are something for groups of children, for athletic children.

Big roundabout 01, Schützenmattpark ("Rifleman Meadow Park"), Basel [25]	Big roundabout 02 with ropes and seats in Fuhrenkamp in Langenhagen, Germany [26]
Big roundabout 03 with ropes in the Great Garden (Grosser Garten) at Stueber Avenue in Dresden [27]	Liana roundabout with children, Hally Gally Spogg GmbH, Germany [28]
Big roundabout 04 with seats, rings and ropes, Allstars Shop, Germany [29]	Big roundabout 05, trapeze roundabout, Allstars Shop, Germany [30]

Negative examples of roundabouts

Roundabout in the water in Ejido Park (parque Ejido) in Quito, Ecuador [31] I don't know how it's possible that there is no draining system in Ejido Park in Quito with the playing devices.

Gonge round seesaws

Gonge round seesaw 01, with two children	Gonge round seesaw 02 as a seating facility with two girls
Gonge round seesaw 03, girls upright in the Gonge round seesaw, Sport and Freizeit Salzgitter GmbH	Gonge round seesaw 04 with 3 children in it, Sport Thieme GmbH, Grasleben, Germany

Hamster wheel

Hamster wheel 01 on the playground of Ettlingen near Karlsruhe, Germany	Hamster wheel 02, a hamster role of the company Sport and Freizeit Salzgitter GmbH
Hamster wheel 03 on sports ground of Woehrder Wiese in Nuremberg	Hamster wheel 04, acrobat headlong in the hamster wheel at Water Works near Coromandel in New Zealand

Trampolines

The springs of a trampoline support the jumps. The developments were only Minitramp Trampolines for a long time, and big trampolines only could be in specialized sports halls. In the 1970s the springs were not covered yet and were a big danger for the jumpers yet.

Sport trampolines Trampoline 1: Old trampoline with open visible spiral springs, in Nepal
Trampoline 02: Minitramp trampoline of the company "Eurotramp" in Germany
Trampoline 03: sight from below with the spiral springs of Minitramp trampolines on a trolley; company Eurotramp, Germany	Trampoline 04: trampoline jumping in Lueneburg, Germany
Trampoline 05: trampoline track 01 from the company "Eurotramp", Germany	Trampoline 06: trampoline track 02 inflatable, from the company "Eurotramp" in Germany
Trampoline 07a: jumps 01 in an Olympic hall	Trampoline 07b: jumps 02 as a duo in New Jersey in criminal "USA"

In the 1990 certain people in "USA" and in Europe were developing free time trampolines with covered spiral springs which could be installed in gardens or play rooms. And then also came the trampoline with a protective net where also ball games could be performed on the trampoline. Then the trampoline was always in the garden harming the view and was confronted to wind and weather. The latest development - therefore - is a weather-resistant and submersible trampoline, without net.

Trampolines with spiral springs are making a cracking noise [web01]. New trampolines with rubber holders do not crack any more. Both kinds of holders - spiral springs and rubber holders - have to be exchanged from time to time.

Trampoline 08: round trampoline with covered spiral springs with a diameter of 1 meter: Sport TEC, Germany	Trampoline 09: round trampoline with open rubber straps; Sport Tredje, bellicon, Germany
Trampoline 10a: trampoline with a protective net with a diameter of 1.4 meter, toys from Weltbild.de	Trampoline 10b: trampoline with a protective net ("safety trampoline") in Klettgau, Germany
Trampoline 11: trampolines with protective nets with balls and discotheque in Chacabuco Avenue in Arica, Chile
Trampoline 12: net trampoline with balls in it, Germany	Trampoline 13: net trampoline with children playing soccer in the trampoline, Gladbeck, Germany

Submersible trampoline
The last development with the trampolines are submersible constructions so the trampoline is not visible any more from outside, and the view is not harmed any more.

Trampoline 14: submersible trampoline, with a diameter of 2.5 to 3.7 meter, Sport TEC, Germany
Trampoline 15: submersible round trampoline in Ftan, Grisons, Switzerland	Trampoline 16: submersible rectangular trampoline in the preschool Remels in Friesland, Germany
Trampoline 17: rectangular submersible trampoline at the school of Rohrdorf, region of Rosenheim, Germany	Trampoline 18: Trampoline Center in the criminal "USA"

Jumping castles

Jumping castles are big trampolines and are installed during big events making happy children from 5 to 12 years. Sometimes also ball games are performed in the jumping castles.

Trampoline 19: jumping castle of the German Red Cross (DRK) of Dinslaken-Voerde near Duisburg, NRW, Germany

Trampoline 20: jumping castle in blue of Ali Express Company in criminal "USA"

Climbing on the playground

Climbing opportunities have to be installed on a soft ground for the case when somebody is falling. One can animate children for climbing installing climbing opportunities as an access for slides.

Climbing 01: access to the slide on Uetliberg (Uetli Mountain), region of Zurich	Climbing 02: access to the slide in Meerbusch near Duesseldorf, Germany	Climbing 03 on a low house in Wolfurt near Bregenz, Austria
Climbing 04a: metal rack in Rodenkirchen District of Cologne	Climbing 04b: metal rack in a symbol of infinity in Espenau, region of Kassel, Germany

Climbing pyramids

Climbing 5a: climbing pyramid with ropes, town of Hornbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	Climbing 05b: climbing pyramid only with ropes, Petite Camargue, France
Climbing 06: climbing pyramid made of metal and ropes, Koethen, Saxonia-Anhalt, Germany	Climbing 07: climbing pyramid made of metal and ropes, Bernau near Berlin, Germany
Climbing 8: climbing pyramid only made of metal in Hester Street in New York in criminal "USA"	Climbing 09a: climbing pyramid with slide on Max Halbe Lane in Lindau, Bavaria, Germany
Climbing 9b: climbing pyramid with slide, Leipzig-Sellershausen	Climbing 10: climbing pyramid made of painted tires in Marina de Pisa, Italy
Climbing 10a: Pyramid made of vertical old tires, Sanhara Forest near Auroville, India (link)

Climbing wall - climbing forest - climbing net

Climbing 11: climbing wall in Ejido Park in Quito, Ecuador	Climbing 12: climbing tower for children in Ebersdorf, Franconia, Germany
Climbing 13: climbing rock on youth camping site of Eyll near Krefeld, North Rhine Westfalia, Germany	Climbing 14: climbing forest in Reit im Winkel, Bavaria, Germany Climbing in a "climbing forest" is good for learning about forests and enjoying the forest air. But when there was a rain one should wait for 2 days because drying processes in the forests are very slow and trees and ropes in the forest are slippery yet and can cause accidents. So, wait 2 days after a rainfall in a forest. And climbing on firs is dangerous for the clothes by the resins on the bark.
Climbing 15: spiderweb in Kleinzschachwitz near Dresden, Germany	Climbing 16: climbing spiderweb on the playground Wettachauen (Wettach pastures) in Kaufbeuren in Bavaria, Germany

Examples of devices climbing hand over hand

Climbing 17: devices for climbing hand over hand, with water on the ground, Ejido Park in Quito, Ecuador Yes, here "strong men" can climb hand over hand like Tarzan - and when water should be on the ground this should be even better. Really "strong men" will also perform a flip upwards with their legs tearing themselves up on the roof. Fit fit.

Important: Warning from climbing on trees in the forest

Micro climate in the forest can be different. After a rain the trees are not drying fast and climbing in the forest after a rain can be very dangerous.

Climbing on firs is dangerous for the clothes by the resins on the bark.

Also self made cable cars can be dangerous when it's too steep and the breaks are not working.