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Greetings!
This month's newsletter provides information on NPPS's Playground Safety School and a phone symposium on planning for high activity playground activities.
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National Playground Safety School
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The National Playground Safety School is held annually at NPPS's headquarters in Cedar Falls, IA. The school this summer will be held from August 4-7. The following is a brief description of some of the topics covered at the week long school.
Understanding Safe Outdoor Play Environments
Identify
the most common playground problems and how to fix them. Recognize
potential problems. Learn how to document. Explore which surfaces you
should use under and around your equipment. Discover the most important
thing you can do to prevent playground injuries.
Planning for Outdoor Play Environments
Apply the elements of S.A.F.E. Look at what you need to know to supervise
children on playgrounds. Examine how to make informed decisions about safe
playground equipment. Learn how your playground helps promote child development.
Discover how easily you can recognize accidents waiting to happen. Examine
the features of good playground design.
S.A.F.E. Playground Certification
The National Playground Safety School is offering S.A.F.E.
playground certification. Become part of a nationwide network of S.A.F.E.
playground educators by completing this course and passing the certifying
exam covering S.A.F.E. playgrounds.
Register for the NPPS Summer Playground Safety School or phone 800-554-PLAY (7529) for additional information.
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Action for Healthy Kids Phone Symposium
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Join Action for Healthy Kids for this summer-themed discussion on the latest trends and research on ways to spice up, and attract more families to your school and community parks and playgrounds. From fitness zones and nature trails to blacktop games and overcoming barriers to attending park activities, this session will help you learn about resources to provide more opportunities for physical activity. Jean Wiecha, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Society, Human Development and Health Harvard School of Public Health will discuss her research, Play Across Boston, identifying gaps in resources and barriers to park programs. Additionally, Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D., from Peaceful Playgrounds will help us get creative with designing exciting low-cost activity stations on playgrounds and in parks.
Registration is required for this phone symposium. Please register by sending an e-mail to StateTeams@ActionForHealthyKids.org. Call-in information and appropriate materials will be sent via e-mail to registrants on July 22, 2008.
We will post a link to the recorded Symposium on the Peaceful Playgrounds website on the Peaceful Playgrounds Press Page after the July 22 Symposium.
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Non Competitive Play Leads to More Physical Activity in Children
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A new study from Pediatrics June 08 found that non-competitive games
resulted in more physically active children when compared to competitive games. It seems that most competitive games (included in the study)
involved games of elimination which limited participation time. More
students reported enjoying participating in games of elimination
however.
"This study highlights the importance of quality over
quantity in a physical activity sessions for children," Researcher
Bruggeman said. "It is important to promote non-elimination games to
increase physical activity participation, but also important to monitor
levels of enjoyment to foster a healthy, fun environment in youth."
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Yearly Peaceful Playgrounds Equipment Replacement Packs
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 In response to customer requests, we now offer this Yearly Equipment Replacement Pack.
This Pack replaces the consumable products in the equipment companion pack.
Consumable products are volleyballs, basketballs, soccer balls, kick balls, playground balls, footballs,
tetherballs, cones, ball nets, wiffle balls, bases, beanbags, scoops and jump ropes.
This Pack contains all the equipment you will need to keep your Peaceful Playground Program
refreshed and operating "like new" for each school year.
For more information: http://www.peacefulplaygrounds.com or
email sales@peacefulplaygrounds.com
Call 877-444-9888 for school and district discounts.
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Sincerely,
Melinda Bossenmeyer
Peaceful Playgrounds, Inc.
www.peacefulplaygrounds.com
877-444-9888
melinda@peacefulplaygrounds.com
PO Box 45586
Los Angeles, CA 90045
Copyright Peaceful Playgrounds, Inc. July 2008 All Rights Reserved
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