Designing School Stormwater Facilities

The Learning Landscapes Design team is always striving to create…
Outdoor Classroom

Elementary School Green Schoolyard Tour

Check out our elementary school green schoolyard tour. These…

Parkour in the Playscape

Parkour, ParWHAT?  Have you ever been downtown and…
loose part playground kit

Loose Parts Play – The Hall of Fame

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Who does loose parts play well? This post outlines our list of loose…

Sabin School Natural Playground Opens!

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We were blessed with a little sun last week for the Sabin School…

Sabin School’s playscape is just about complete!

The Sabin School community has been working hard to develop and…

Where the City, Play, and Computers Overlap

I hear a lot of people talk about bringing games to playgrounds.…

Constructing Sand and Water Play Areas

I wanted to highlight the construction of water and sand play…

My Dream Destinations: Greenburgh Nature Center

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This dream destination may be a bit more reasonable of a destination.…

Discovery Ridge Opens at the Cleveland Zoo

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The Cleveland Metro Parks Zoo just opened a new feature area…

Weeks of Wonderful Willow Weaving

The Portland Children's Museum has recently opened a wonderful…

My Dream Destinations: Adventure World Serfaus, Austria

If there is something missing from Adventure World Serfaus I…

My Dream Destinations : Beautifully Integrated Nature Experience in Austria

I recently found a hand full of wonderful international sites…

Giant Nest, Swinging Logs and Gigantic Climbing Logs!!! WOW

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Dinton Pastures Country Park in the UK opened its doors this…

The New Face of Botanical Gardens

If you think of botanical garden and picture beautiful gardens…

Pop Up Adventure Play Day is a SUCCESS!

We had a wonderful Portland Pop Up Adventure Play Day. Lots…

Inclusive Adventure Play from the 1970’s!

This is a wonderful movie about an inclusive adventure play area…

Children Being in the World

I ran into this beautiful film and deep concept today. I wanted…

Nature Sculpture with Kids

Art with Nature I can attribute one of my life's many twists…

Cutting Edge Schools

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I share a lot about cutting edge educational design on the blog.…

Toys vs. Trees

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As this years holidays season appears in the distance, a new…

Kids and Bikes

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Bikes = Freedom and Challenge to Kids Even if they are just…

Playground Surface Testing

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Falls on playgrounds cause 75% of playground accidents. It makes…

Removing Asphalt -Depave

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I have done a previous post on the benefits of removing asphalt…

Closing Streets for Play: Play Out!

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Closing the streets for play, I love this idea! There is a new…

Creativity Crisis – Encouraging Innovation in Students

Creativity and problem solving in our young people is on the…

MUD Party!

I don't usually blog about my personal life or family. But, I…

Green School Site Plan for All Ages: The Summa Institute

 "Summa Institute unites family development, education and research…

The Five Way Tire Swing

A Month of German Inspiration This is one of the mist engaging…