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SCHOOL<br />
PLAYGROUNDS<br />
Play is Life-Changing<br />
Play shapes our childhoods.<br />
Teaches us social skills.<br />
Teaches us about ourselves.<br />
Tests us, empowers us, and<br />
shows us just how much we<br />
can achieve.<br />
Play. It’s life-changing.<br />
The Value of<br />
PLAY<br />
Continuous, unscripted<br />
play promotes healthy<br />
whole-child development.<br />
That may be why the American Academy of<br />
Pediatrics says recess is essential to children’s<br />
health and development. In fact, success<br />
in adult life has been linked to childhood<br />
play experiences that encouraged creativity,<br />
problem solving, teamwork, flexibility<br />
and innovation.1,2,3<br />
Play deprivation, on the other hand, has been<br />
associated with a variety of serious consequences,<br />
including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.4<br />
Clearly, play is fundamenta<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=1"> SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS Play is Life-Chang</a>
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<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=10"> Elementary Glen Lake Elementary School, Minneton</a>
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<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=14"> Elementary Meadow Brook Intermediate School, Okl</a>
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<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=16"> Elementary Travis Elementary SPARK Park, Houston</a>
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<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=18"> Elementary Prodeo Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesot</a>
<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=19"> Play allows children to use their creativity whil</a>
<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=20"> Elementary Jack M. Fields Sr. Elementary School,</a>
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<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=22"> Elementary Volo Aire™ </a>
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<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=24"> Middle School Delano Intermediate School, Delano</a>
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<a title="Playgrounds for Schools - Landscape Structures page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/043f0b63?page=26"> School Fitness HealthBeat Circuit® </a>
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