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90 relations: Acrophobia, Adventure playground, ASTM International, Australia, Autism spectrum, Baseball field, Basketball court, Business, Carousel, Child, Child savers, Children's museum, Children's song, Children's street culture, Children, Youth and Environments, Chin-up, Chuck E. Cheese's, Cold War playground equipment, Commercial playgrounds, Discovery Zone, Educational entertainment, Elementary school, Emergency department, Empower Playgrounds, England, European Committee for Standardization, Friedrich Fröbel, Friendship bench, Golden Gate Park, Happiness, Health department, Herbert Spencer, High-rise building, IKEA, Jacques-Laurent Agasse, John Dewey, Jungle gym, List of traditional children's games, London, Luther Gulick (physician), Manchester, Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood, Maze, McDonald's, Metaphor, National Recreation and Park Association, Nonprofit organization, Nylon, Obstacle course, Park, ..., Playground slide, Playground surfacing, Playscape, Playtime, Playwork, President, Public space, Recess (break), Recreation, Risk assessment, Risk aversion, Risk management, Roller skating, Ropes course, Roundabout (play), Rubber mulch, San Francisco, Sandpit, School, Science museum, Seesaw, Settlement movement, Social skills, Soviet Union, Splinter, Sport, Spring rider, Standards Australia, Swing (seat), Tetherball, The Blitz, Theodore Roosevelt, Theory of planned behavior, Trapeze, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Unintended consequences, University of Technology Sydney, Urban culture, Wood preservation, Ystad. Expand index (40 more) »
Acrophobia
Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear or phobia of heights, especially when one is not particularly high up.
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Adventure playground
An adventure playground is a specific type of playground for children.
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ASTM International
ASTM International is an international standards organization that develops and publishes voluntary consensus technical standards for a wide range of materials, products, systems, and services.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Autism spectrum
Autism spectrum, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a range of conditions classified as neurodevelopmental disorders.
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Baseball field
A baseball field, also called a ball field, sandlot or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played.
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Basketball court
In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor with baskets at either end.
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Business
Business is the activity of making one's living or making money by producing or buying and selling products (goods and services).
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Carousel
A carousel (American English: from French carrousel and Italian carosello), roundabout (British English), or merry-go-round, is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders.
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Child
Biologically, a child (plural: children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty.
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Child savers
The child-saving movement emerged in the United States during the nineteenth century and influenced the development of the juvenile justice system.
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Children's museum
Children's museums are institutions that provide exhibits and programs to stimulate informal learning experiences for children.
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Children's song
A children's song may be a nursery rhyme set to music, a song that children invent and share among themselves or a modern creation intended for entertainment, use in the home or education.
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Children's street culture
Children's street culture refers to the cumulative culture created by young children.
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Children, Youth and Environments
Children, Youth and Environments is a biannual peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes research articles, in-depth analyses, field reports, and book reviews on research, policy, and practice concerning inclusive and sustainable environments for children and youth worldwide.
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Chin-up
The chin-up (also known as a chin or chinup) is a strength training exercise.
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Chuck E. Cheese's
Chuck E. Cheese’s (formerly Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza) is a chain of American family entertainment centers and restaurants.
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Cold War playground equipment
Cold War playground equipment was intended to foster children's curiosity and excitement about the Space Race.
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Commercial playgrounds
Commercial playgrounds are developed to provide fun for children ages 14 and under in a safe environment.
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Discovery Zone
Discovery Zone (DZ) was a chain of entertainment facilities featuring games and elaborate indoor mazes designed for young children, including roller slides, climbing play structures and ball pits.
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Educational entertainment
Educational entertainment (also referred to by the portmanteau neologism edutainment) is media designed to educate through entertainment.
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Elementary school
Elementary school is a school for students in their first school years, where they get primary education before they enter secondary education.
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Emergency department
An emergency department (ED), also known as an accident & emergency department (A&E), emergency room (ER), emergency ward (EW) or casualty department, is a medical treatment facility specializing in emergency medicine, the acute care of patients who present without prior appointment; either by their own means or by that of an ambulance.
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Empower Playgrounds
Empower Playgrounds, Inc. is a U.S.-based 501(c)(3) public charity that has developed electricity-generating playground equipment for use in rural third-world communities with low rates of rural electrification.
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England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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European Committee for Standardization
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN, Comité Européen de Normalisation) is a public standards organization whose mission is to foster the economy of the European Union (EU) in global trading, the welfare of European citizens and the environment by providing an efficient infrastructure to interested parties for the development, maintenance and distribution of coherent sets of standards and specifications.
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Friedrich Fröbel
Friedrich Wilhelm August Fröbel or Froebel (21 April 1782 – 21 June 1852) was a German pedagogue, a student of Pestalozzi who laid the foundation for modern education based on the recognition that children have unique needs and capabilities.
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Friendship bench
The "Friendship Bench" is a tool for positive mental and emotional health used in various settings.
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Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park, located in San Francisco, California, United States, is a large urban park consisting of of public grounds.
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Happiness
In psychology, happiness is a mental or emotional state of well-being which can be defined by positive or pleasant emotions ranging from contentment to intense joy.
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Health department
A health department or health ministry is a part of government which focuses on issues related to the general health of the citizenry.
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Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer (27 April 1820 – 8 December 1903) was an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist of the Victorian era.
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High-rise building
A high-rise building is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise building and is defined by its height differently in various jurisdictions.
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IKEA
IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group, that designs and sells, kitchen appliances and home accessories.
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Jacques-Laurent Agasse
Jacques-Laurent Agasse (April 24, 1767 – December 27, 1849) was an animal and landscape painter from Switzerland.
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John Dewey
John Dewey (October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952) was an American philosopher, psychologist, Georgist, and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform.
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Jungle gym
The jungle gym, also called monkey bars or climbing frame, is a piece of playground equipment made of many pieces of material, such as metal pipe or rope, on which participants can climb, hang, sit, and in some configurations slide.
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List of traditional children's games
This is a list of games that used to be played by children, some of which are still being played today.
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London
London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.
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Luther Gulick (physician)
Luther Halsey Gulick Jr. (1865–1918) was an American physical education instructor, international basketball official, and founder with his wife of the Camp Fire Girls, an international youth organization now known as Camp Fire.
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Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, with a population of 530,300.
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Marjory Allen, Lady Allen of Hurtwood
Marjory Allen, Baroness Allen of Hurtwood (née Gill; 10 May 1897 – 11 April 1976), known to her friends as Joan, was an English landscape architect and promoter of child welfare.
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Maze
A maze is a path or collection of paths, typically from an entrance to a goal.
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McDonald's
McDonald's is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.
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Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.
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National Recreation and Park Association
The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) is the leading non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of public parks, recreation and conservation.
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Nonprofit organization
A non-profit organization (NPO), also known as a non-business entity or non-profit institution, is dedicated to furthering a particular social cause or advocating for a shared point of view.
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Nylon
Nylon is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers, based on aliphatic or semi-aromatic polyamides.
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Obstacle course
An obstacle course is a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual or team must navigate usually while being timed.
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Park
A park is an area of natural, semi-natural or planted space set aside for human enjoyment and recreation or for the protection of wildlife or natural habitats.
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Playground slide
Playground slides are found in parks, schools, playgrounds and backyards.
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Playground surfacing
A playground surface is the material that lies under and around swings, slides, monkey bars and other playground equipment.
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Playscape
A Playscape (’plā, skāp) is a playful landscape characterised by the occurrence of enjoyment by the public and all those that interact with it.
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Playtime
Playtime (sometimes written PlayTime) is a 1967 French comedy film directed by Jacques Tati.
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Playwork
Playwork is the work of creating and maintaining spaces for children to play.
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President
The president is a common title for the head of state in most republics.
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Public space
A public space is a place that is generally open and accessible to people.
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Recess (break)
Recess is a general term for a period in which a group of people are temporarily dismissed from their duties.
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Recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time.
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Risk assessment
Risk assessment is the determination of quantitative or qualitative estimate of risk related to a well-defined situation and a recognized threat (also called hazard).
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Risk aversion
In economics and finance, risk aversion is the behavior of humans (especially consumers and investors), when exposed to uncertainty, in attempting to lower that uncertainty.
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Risk management
Risk management is the identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks (defined in ISO 31000 as the effect of uncertainty on objectives) followed by coordinator and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities.
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Roller skating
Roller skating is the traveling on surfaces with roller skates.
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Ropes course
A ropes course is a challenging outdoor personal development and team building activity which usually consists of high and/or low elements.
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Roundabout (play)
A playground roundabout (or merry-go-round) is a flat disk, frequently about in diameter, with bars on it that act as both hand-holds and something to lean against while riding.
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Rubber mulch
Rubber mulch is a type of mulch used in gardens and sustainable landscaping that is made from recycled rubber.
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San Francisco
San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.
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Sandpit
A sandpit (most Commonwealth countries) or sandbox (US/Canada) is a low, wide container or shallow depression filled with soft (beach) sand in which children can play.
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School
A school is an institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students (or "pupils") under the direction of teachers.
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Science museum
A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science.
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Seesaw
A seesaw (also known as a teeter-totter or teeterboard) is a long, narrow board supported by a single pivot point, most commonly located at the midpoint between both ends; as one end goes up, the other goes down.
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Settlement movement
The settlement movement was a reformist social movement that began in the 1880s and peaked around the 1920s in England and the US.
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Social skills
A social skill is any competence facilitating interaction and communication with others where social rules and relations are created, communicated, and changed in verbal and nonverbal ways.
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union, officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was a socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
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Splinter
A splinter is a fragment of a larger object (especially wood), or a foreign body that penetrates or is purposely injected into a body.
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Sport
Sport (British English) or sports (American English) includes all forms of competitive physical activity or games which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants, and in some cases, entertainment for spectators.
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Spring rider
A spring rider or spring rocker is a bouncy, outdoors playing device, invented in the 1970s in Denmark.
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Standards Australia
Standards Australia is a standards organisation established in 1922 and is recognised through a Memorandum of Understanding with the Australian government as the peak non-government standards development body in Australia.
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Swing (seat)
A swing is a hanging seat, often found at playgrounds for children, at a circus for acrobats, or on a porch for relaxing, although they may also be items of indoor furniture, such as Latin American hammock or the Indian oonjal.
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Tetherball
Tetherball is a game for two opposing players.
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The Blitz
The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.
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Theory of planned behavior
In psychology, the theory of planned behavior (abbreviated TPB) is a theory that links one's beliefs and behavior.
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Trapeze
A trapeze is a short horizontal bar hung by ropes or metal straps from a support.
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC or Commission) is an independent agency of the United States government.
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Unintended consequences
In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences) are outcomes that are not the ones foreseen and intended by a purposeful action.
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University of Technology Sydney
The University of Technology Sydney (UTS) is a public research university located in Sydney, Australia.
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Urban culture
Urban culture is the culture of towns and cities.
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Wood preservation
All measures that are taken to ensure a long life of wood fall under the definition wood preservation (timber treatment).
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Ystad
Ystad is a town, and the seat of Ystad Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden, with 18,350 inhabitants in 2010.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playground
