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1. The concept of
the playground facility
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1 Concept
and psychology on the playground
The "composition" of a
playground -- children from 2 to 5 years
old ("toddlers") -- children from 5 to 6
years on: movement -- partition of a
playground -- entrance gates -- psychology
-- discrimination -- playing times -
lunchtime -- parents with children - the
child from 5 years on "shows" their
parents what it "can" - festivities --
psychology: playground "until 14 years" --
psychology: dogs NOT allowed
Entrance gate 01 in
Ibbenbueren, Region of Muenster, North
Rhine Westfalia, Germany
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2 The
playground facility 02: playground
devices and their surroundings
Music
-- seating
accommodations and dividers -- bollards
-- water - playground
devices mediating fantasy -
fairytale-like playground devices -
figures and sculptures -- shelters and
food -- playground castle
A
wonderful animal sculpture made of
hedges, a butterfly 02 with it's wings,
can be found in Legend Park (parque de
las Leyendas) in Lima in Peru
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3 Trees
and shrubs on the playground
Trees are like
brothers - big trees are like big
brothers...
Who is protecting trees will also be
protected by trees.
Tadpole Playground in the
shadow of big trees, Boston, criminal
"USA"
Playground with table tennis in the shadow
of big trees, Schützenmattpark ("Rifleman
Meadow Park), Basel, Switzerland
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4 Extension
possibilities and raft at seaside or
riverside
Pavilion - herbary-
café - restaurant - sanitation -- park
train, summer luge run, pedalo ships --
fairy tail forest: every house has got a
fairy tale -- theme train, theme park --
raft at the seaside or riverside
Amphitheater in stone steps in Kennedy
Park in Lima-Miraflores with Peruvian folk
music (2010)
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5 The
sand box in the house - warning from sand
digging
The sand box in the
house (or on a courtyard, or in a garage
etc.) has many advantages -- Important:
warning from sand digging - lethal danger
for children from about 40 cm depth on
Sand box in the house 02,
a box with sand, play cars and play digger
with a shovel
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2. Playground elements
2-1. Playground elements for children from
2 to 5 years old
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1 2
to 5 years old children
The playground for
"toddlers" - the first encounter with new
elements and possibilities
The playground for "toddlers" - the first
encounter with new elements and
possibilities -- The playground facility
-- Artificial lawn on the playground for
toddlers -- Slides for toddlers must be
short - dangerous slides for toddlers --
Spring riders for toddlers -- Baby swings
-- Plate swings -- Stationary vehicles for
toddlers -- Mobile vehicles for toddlers
Playground castle with an
artificial lawn in Kennedy Park in Lima,
Peru
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2-2 Playground elements
for children from 5 to 11 years old
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1 Slides
Broad slide - natural slide - wave slide -
curve slide - garden house slide - volcano
slide - artificial hill - pyramid slide -
double slide - slide tower - inflatable
slide - sleeping room slide - impractical
slides
Double slide in form of
a colorful sculpture with a globe,
Ayacucho, prolongation of Liberty Avenue
(Avenida Prolongación de la Libertad),
Peru
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2 Seesaws
Details about seesaws and rubber buffer and
the soil below it
Seesaw made of wood with
soft rubber buffers on a sawdust surface,
Claramatte-Park (Clara Meadow Park),
Basel, Switzerland
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3 Swings
Plate swings - normal swings - tire swings /
tyre swings - ring swings - "bird-nest
swing" - plate swing cable car
Group of swings with
swings in different heights and with a
woodchip surface, Heiningen near
Stuttgart, Germany
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4 Roundabouts,
bollards, music, snakes, 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
Roundabout in Bernese
Oberland with playing children on it
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5 Vehicles
in playgrounds
Cars - steam roller - train engines - ships
- tractors - go-carts - park trains -
bicycles / bikes - pedalo ships - summer
luge run
Rent a go-cart in Ejido
Park in Quito, Ecuador
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6 Playground
party
Rolling barrels - stilt soccer -
tug-of-war - benches made with cycle
stands and trunks - barbecue - balloon
action - air snakes - traffic course - hut
play - marble track on the table of table
tennis - jumping castle - book exchange -
CD exchange - giant "Connect 4" - puzzle
with municipal coat of arms - street
pedalo - Hot Wire - children make-up -
archery - family street pedalo - sack race
- tap a nail - egg's run - throwing tires
/ tyres
Playground festival
with stilts soccer in Berlin-Wedding
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3. Fields and courts
Fields
and courts for group plays
Soil and water -- soccer field -- inflatable
soccer field -- table-top football --
Tipp-Kick football -- combi courts -
movement court - basket ball court and
street ball -- volleyball field, street
volleyball, beach volleyball - hockey,
street hockey, table hockey - traffic parks
- skateparks for skating, biking and
scooting -- water plays
Volleyball on a lawn in
the park at Dammweg in Berlin-Neukoelln
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