Sunday, August 30, 2009
Examples from some Children's Museums
I like the idea of a continuous hold on the lateral climbing wall, due to our target age group. The tree is from the Marquette Children's Museum, as are the drum and xylophone.
Some ideas from the Finlandia students
INITIAL IDEAS FROM STUDENTS:
Textured surfaces – important for children with sensory issues. (The drawback – cleaning these surfaces.)
For the same reasons a sand table for the same reason, however difficult to keep clean for the same reason as a sandbox. Though sand can be vacuumed and the advantages seem to out-weigh the disadvantages for a relatively low-cost addition.
Smells can also help in calming children, such as using vanilla or cinnamon potpourri or perfumes to help a child a focus.
It seems important to have a comfortable reading area for children of the proposed age-group as well as someone who knows how to read to children – reading the title and the authors name, as well as the story with an exclamatory attitude helps stimulate development in a child's early comprehension skills.
Wheel chair accessibility is important in the design process for the non-climbing areas. Not only for children who may be physically handicapped, but for the parents who may wish to watch them. Rocco Bertucci
A few links to sites promoting rubber mulch which has been approved by the consumer product safety commission.
http://www.rubberecycle.com/
http://prosites-closetheloop.homestead.com/comp_tiremulch.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2009598655_playgroundtires04.html
There are a few organizations that are questioning the CPSC ruling on the safety of rubber mulch saying that not enough testing has been done to consider the rubber mulch safe.
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/06/04-14
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/green/2009/06/safety_of_shredded_tires_on_pl.html
Andrew Blake
Textured surfaces – important for children with sensory issues. (The drawback – cleaning these surfaces.)
For the same reasons a sand table for the same reason, however difficult to keep clean for the same reason as a sandbox. Though sand can be vacuumed and the advantages seem to out-weigh the disadvantages for a relatively low-cost addition.
Smells can also help in calming children, such as using vanilla or cinnamon potpourri or perfumes to help a child a focus.
It seems important to have a comfortable reading area for children of the proposed age-group as well as someone who knows how to read to children – reading the title and the authors name, as well as the story with an exclamatory attitude helps stimulate development in a child's early comprehension skills.
Wheel chair accessibility is important in the design process for the non-climbing areas. Not only for children who may be physically handicapped, but for the parents who may wish to watch them. Rocco Bertucci
A few links to sites promoting rubber mulch which has been approved by the consumer product safety commission.
http://www.rubberecycle.com/
http://prosites-closetheloop.homestead.com/comp_tiremulch.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/living/2009598655_playgroundtires04.html
There are a few organizations that are questioning the CPSC ruling on the safety of rubber mulch saying that not enough testing has been done to consider the rubber mulch safe.
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/06/04-14
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/features/green/2009/06/safety_of_shredded_tires_on_pl.html
Andrew Blake
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