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Design for Play
, offers its unique expertise in designing playground environments and outdoor classrooms from our knowledge, experience, and understanding of how children play. Design for Play has over nine years of experience in creating unique outdoor play environments and providing numerous learning opportunities in outdoor classroom designs. Design for Play’s
playground services
include playground design consulting, playground planning, and playground project management. Our playground design knowledge is based on our training with the National Program for Playground Safety, National Playground Safety Institute, IPEMA, the National Playground Contractors Association, and has been certified as a playground installer through numerous playground manufactures.
JC Boushh Consulting
, is the educational branch of Design for Play and offers seminars, workshops, keynotes, articles, and webinars on the latest research and trends in child development and brain development as it pertains to children’s play, playgrounds, and outdoor classroom environments. JC Boushh has lectured world-wide on the importance of play and playgrounds, and has a deep commitment to preserving all children’s right to play. He is available to
lecture
on child development, playground environments, brain-centered learning, the outdoor classroom, and the developmental benefits of play.
News & Events
Do we suffer from ‘nature deficit disorder?’
Richard Louv’s new book “Last Child in the Woods” is meant to get children away from the TV/computer/Wii and into the outdoors, but it’s also a call of the wild for adults.
Louv, awarded the 2008 Audubon Medal by the National Audubon Society, clearly portrays in his book the “magic” through the portal of nature. [...]
CDC Wants More Recess and More Playspaces
To help stem the growing epidemic of obesity in our country, the CDC created the “Measures Project” The goal of the Measures Project was to identify and recommend a set of obesity prevention strategies and corresponding suggested measurements that local governments and communities can use to plan, implement, and monitor initiatives to prevent obesity.
Here are [...]
Let’s Go Out and Play
Hiking, fishing, riding bikes, playing in the sandbox, catching bugs and helping in the garden are just a few of the activities that Rebecca Renfroe’s three children enjoy on a regular basis. Renfroe, 29, a stay-at-home mom in Soda Springs, Idaho (pop. 3,381), is a firm believer in old-fashioned outdoor play.
“We want to give our [...]