| ext">When designing a playground or outdoor play | | | | The water table and sand table are two of the most |
| area, there are countless issues to consider. Some | | | | dynamic pieces of outdoor playground equipment on |
| are obvious: location, size, safety, etc; but an issue | | | | the market. Both pieces can be set to the proper |
| that can go overlooked is wheel chair accessibility and | | | | height and depth to make them wheel chair |
| complying to the guidelines set forth by the American | | | | accessible for all ages during outdoor play. Our |
| with Disabilities Act, otherwise known as the ADA. | | | | children's outdoor playhouse has a doorway that is |
| The Adventurous Child Playgrounds provide | | | | 36 wide and 60 tall to allow wheel chair |
| innovative solutions for outdoor playground problems. | | | | access. |
| The Adventurous Child has more than 23 years of | | | | The Adventurous Child offers a wide array of |
| experience with the ADA, Consumer Product Safety | | | | exciting preschool musical instruments, including |
| Commission (CPSC), and The American Society for | | | | preschool chime panel, preschool drums, and |
| Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards. | | | | xylophone. All of the plastic playground equipment |
| How They Help | | | | can be adapted to fit specific needs. They can also |
| The Adventurous Child begins by designing a Master | | | | be strategically placed in the outdoor playground to |
| Site Plan. This will account for all factors of your site | | | | provide better wheel chair accessibility. The |
| including space, utilities, slope, soil drainage, traffic | | | | xylophone and chime panel can be modified with |
| patterns, supervision, obstructions, shade, and fences. | | | | special hammers so children can use the equipment |
| In addition to these physical factors, outdoor learning | | | | with their elbow, shoulder, hand, or forearm. |
| standards will be incorporated into the Master Site | | | | Other wheel chair accessible products include the |
| Plan. | | | | preschool art easel, bookcase, color wheel, gas pump, |
| One of the beauties of having a Master Site Plan is | | | | car wash, store front, outdoor mirror panel, pizza |
| the ability to pick and choose which children’s | | | | garden, root garden, tracking panel, weather station, |
| play equipment to install for the outdoor playground | | | | and preschool woodworking panel. These playground |
| and still have a long range design plan for effectively | | | | accessories work well as parts of a preschool |
| utilizing the outdoor space and budget. | | | | playground or can easily be incorporated in a |
| The Products | | | | playground with toddler play equipment or slightly |
| All of the outdoor play equipment products The | | | | older children’s play equipment. |
| Adventurous Child provides are designed using ADA | | | | No matter how these pieces of outdoor play |
| guidelines. Most importantly, these pieces of safe | | | | equipment are used, children are sure to love them. |
| playground equipment are wheel chair accessible and | | | | The Adventurous Child provides safe playground |
| fun! | | | | equipment for fun outdoor play. |