Author : American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Release : 1988
Genre : Elementary school facilities
Kind : eBook
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Book Synopsis Play Spaces for Children by : American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance
Download or read book Play Spaces for Children written by American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. This book was released on 1988. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles in this book offer ideas that could be used to initiate a plan of action designed to change elementary school playgrounds. They provide a broad scope of information needed for adequately providing for the needs of children who play on school playgrounds. The following articles are presented: (1) "Child Development and Playgrounds" (J. Frost); (2) "Playground Design: A Scientific Approach" (L. Bowers); (3) "Playground Equipment: A Designer's Perspective" (J. Beckwith); (4) "Developing Responsibility of Children for Playground Safety" (P. Lowe); (5) "Teacher Commitment to Playground Safety" (L. Bruya); (6) "A System To Establish Playground Safety in the School" (E. Warrell); (7) "Project OLE': Outdoor Learning Environment for Children" (D. Sommerfeld and C. Dunn); (8)"Legeplads of Arhus: A 'Playspace' Concept from Denmark" (S. Green); (9) "New Concepts in Playstructures from the Commercial Sector" (J. Beckwith); and (10) "A System To Manage the Risk of Lawsuit" (L. Bruya and J. Beckwith). (JD)