Playground Surface Resources

      Animations

Demonstration of child fall absorption SurfacePlay, Inc. Impact absorption: comparative view of surfacing material SurfacePlay, Inc. How to address different fall heights? SurfacePlay, Inc. Playground surface drainage and permeability SurfacePlay, Inc.

      Safety

Playground Safety (information sheet from the National Network for Child Care) Playing It Safe: A Fourth Nationwide Safety Survey of Public Playgrounds U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG) Playground Injury statistics From the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission"s (CPSC) National Electronic Surveillance System (NEISS) (at the National Program for Playground Safety Site). What to do when a fall occurs? www.KidsHealth.org Is Your Home Playground Safe? U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Spanish) U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Caring for Our Children: National Health and Safety Performance Standards: Guidelines for Out-of-Home Child Care, 2nd Edition National Resource Center For Health And Safety In Child Care S.A.F.E. Outdoor Play Wisconsin Child Care Improvement Project, Inc. Individual States Child Care Licensure Regulations National Resource Center For Health And Safety In Child Care Handbook For Public Playground Safety U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

      Child Play

Stages of Play www.KidsHealth.org The Nature of Children`s Play By David Fernie Culture and Development in Children`s Play From: Hyun, E. (1998). Making sense of developmentally and culturally appropriate practice (DCAP) in early childhood education. New York: Peter Lang. Chapter 2. Resource Books About Play for Teachers/Parents/Caregivers Linda M. Levine, Ed.D., University of Arizona in Tucson Linkages Between Outdoor Play and Healthy Brain Development By Pei-San Brown, John A. Sutterby, Candra D. Thornton Rethinking Children`s Play By the National PTA Play - for Development and for Achieving Learning Outcomes By Dale Shipley The Importance of Play - Children From Birth To Five Alliance for Childhood Making the Most of Outdoor Play by Frank Self, Ed.D