When designed with innovation and intention, children's play areas can make a valuable contribution to early childhood development, foster youth mental and physical health in the face of rising rates of childhood obesity and inaction, and work to connect urban-raised children with the natural world.
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Playgrounds to Playgardens: Designing for Free Play, a publication to be released in 2008, explores the potential of youth play areas that go beyond the traditional playground offerings of swings, slides and see-saws. Building off of the Design Trust’s Designing for Children project (1997), Playgrounds to Playgardens suggests incorporating such innovative play spaces into established community gardens. |
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