There are many ways we can try and get our kids to learn about other countries and their cultures. Play is always a good way for children to learn, because they are having fun and picking up information at the same time, it is not like the drudgery of a class room. Although learning in classrooms can be fun as well.

If we look around the world, there are many great buildings, monuments and pieces of architecture that once seen, are generally remembered with the country they are in. So why not use this to our advantage when trying to teach our kids something about the world around them. (more…)

School playgrounds are a place for children to learn about themselves and how to interact with each other. They need a set of rules taught to them and adequate punishments in place for not adhering to these rules.

Kids, these days seem to more boisterous, so games like Red Rover, tag and hanging upside down on the monkey bars are frowned upon, and even outlawed these days due to concerns about fights and injuries. (more…)

In the United States over the past few years, there has been a lot more housing developments being built. The one thing that really grabs people with these new places, is the closeness and community feeling they give.

What does not seem to enter into the equation though, is the fact that all the play areas for the children seem to be the same, and have looked the same for the past fifteen years. Do they have just one person that designs the play areas for children, do the same thing all over the country, then go abroad, look at what they have, move it around a bit and then do exactly the same thing. Is there only one company producing swings, slides, roundabouts and funny looking things as climbing frames? (more…)