Swinging through the Years

There’s just something imminently reassuring about a swing. Swings rule the elementary school playground, facing only half-hearted competition from the slide. Granted, at some point kids outgrow the swing, but often come back later in life. Their obsession with “going over the bar” subsides, but the addiction to swings proves hard to break. For the [...]

Playground Directory

Today we are unrolling our newly designed “Playground Directory Web Site” http://www.playgrounddirectory.com You’ve been to our online Playground Directory, http://www.world-playground.com You know who we are. Some of you receiving this e-mail may be new to The Playground Web Directory, some of you may have even been clients at some point, but due to changes in [...]

Let’s Step Outside

Children should regularly engage in outdoor activity. Playing outside is great exercise and an opportunity to get ‘fresh air’. Many kids these days are overweight. This trend is due in part to poor diets and a lack of exercise. Kids used to staying indoors all the time may be loath to spend time outside. Parents [...]

Versatility of wooden swing sets

I know my kids love going to a playground and playing on all the cool equipment. So I thought, why not bring the playground home. I decided to buy a wooden swing set for my kids so they could play anytime they wanted. What happened next I did not see coming. My kids loved the [...]

wooden swing set

One item that is always found on a playground is a swing set. Whether the swing is made from a tire, a wooden plank or a rope swing, they are all suspended from a frame made from metal or wooden. One major advantage of a wooden swing set is that it is much sturdier than [...]