The Outdoor Creative Play & Learning System is a valuable resource for maximizing the opportunity for creative play and standards-based learning in the great outdoors. Taking classroom lessons to the playground, that are typically taught indoors, gets kids moving and learning while meeting required content standards and having a whole lot of fun. This unique system helps teachers appreciate and find learning opportunities in the everyday discoveries that occur on a playground. Play & Park Structures is the first playground equipment company to offer standards-based activities for outdoor play because
we are committed to maximizing the value of your playground and helping children to meet their physical and developmental goals.
we are committed to maximizing the value of your playground and helping children to meet their physical and developmental goals.
The first Standards-based outdoor activity system created. One Outdoor Creative Play and Learning System will be given away each week!
Play & Park Structures knows that play is:
- • an essential part of physical fitness
- • a form of self-expression
- • a time for children to develop creativity
- • an opportunity for children to exercise their imagination
- • a developmental tool for socialization, language,
and vocabulary skills - • a way to practice coping strategies as well as fine and
gross motor skills
The Play & Park Structures Outdoor Learning System provides standards-based activities to use with your new or existing playground. The playground’s structures, open spaces, and natural surroundings are the perfect place for constructive, creative play and learning! Whether during free or directed play, the equipment and space can be “imagined” into anything, and other children and instructors are involved to keep the fun going or take it in new directions. Nurturing creativity and imagination increases a child’s learning potential and gives him or her inner resources that will last a lifetime.
- • Correlation to National
Standards - • Child-Friendly Illustrations
- • Age-Appropriate Activities
- • Content Connections &
Objectives - • Physical Education Features
- • Adaptable Activities for
Flexibility and Fun - • Inclusion Strategies
- • Easy-to-Follow Steps
Developed in partnershipwith Robert-Leslie Publishing
Standards-based Activities
The activity cards are aligned with national standards in these key content areas: language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education, health, and the creative arts. As children engage in one of the activities, they might be applying a specific number or geometry skill as they practice traditional motor skills and movement patterns from the physical education domain. You’ll know at a glance which standards you’re targeting with each play activity.
The activity cards are aligned with national standards in these key content areas: language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education, health, and the creative arts. As children engage in one of the activities, they might be applying a specific number or geometry skill as they practice traditional motor skills and movement patterns from the physical education domain. You’ll know at a glance which standards you’re targeting with each play activity.
- • A Comprehensive User’s Guide
- • 100 Reproducible Activity Cards
for Grades Pre-K-1, 2-3, & 4-5
- • National Standards
Correlation Key - • Convenient Storage Kit