No Fault Sport Group
   May 2012 
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Greetings!

 

No Fault would like to wish all the moms out there a very Happy Mother's Day.  We know how concerned mothers are about safety for their children.  That is why No Fault provides the safest surfacing products possible for playgrounds and recreational facilities throughout the country. 

 

How is the play deficit harming our children?

 

The lack of play is causing physical, intellectual, social, and emotional harm to our children.

 

Physical harm:

In neighborhoods without a park or playground, the incidence of childhood obesity increases 29%. In fact, children with a park or playground within half-a-mile are almost five times more likely to be a healthy weight than children without playgrounds or parks nearby.

 

Intellectual harm:

Without ample play, we will continue to see a decrease in creativity and imagination, as well as vital skills including curiosity, social skills, resiliency, and the ability to assess risk. Children in China, Korea, Finland, Singapore, and Japan are provided with playful schooling opportunities prior to second grade and have among the highest scores on international PISA exam for 15 year olds, ranked (1, 2, 3, 5, 8) respectively. The U.S. was ranked at #13.

 

Social harm:

Children who don't play don't learn how to work in groups, share, negotiate, resolve conflicts, and advocate for themselves. The lack of these skills has dramatic long-term effects. Children deprived of play show increased problems with social integration, including a greater likelihood of felony arrests by young adulthood.

 

Emotional harm:

Studies have shown that schools without recess face increased incidence in classroom behavioral problems, including violence and emotional outbursts. Their students show a lack of ability to interact with peers and authority figures. Outside the school, play deprivation can have serious long-term consequences. Physician, psychiatrist, and clinical researcher Stuart Brown, studied more than 6,000 felons and found that 90% of convicted murderers lacked "play features" in their childhoods.

 

This article appears courtesy of the national non-profit, KaBoom! and can be found here.

 


 

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Children's Park at Musicians' Village

 

No Fault recently completed a new poured-in-place safety surface installation at the Children's Park in the Musicians' Village of New Orleans' Ninth Ward.

Musicians' Village was conceived by New Orleans natives Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford Marsalis in an effort to help bring the city's musicians back after many were displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. It is the cornerstone of the post Katrina New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity (NOAHH) building effort and is located on an eight-acre parcel of land in New Orleans' Upper Ninth Ward.

The Village currently has 72 single family homes and five elderly-friendly duplexes, containing ten rental units, for the senior members of the New Orleans music community.

The centerpiece of the community is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music, named in honor of the New Orleans native and legendary jazz pianist and music educator. The center will serve an essential role teaching, sharing, and preserving the rich musical traditions of New Orleans.

Adjacent to the center is a toddler-friendly park that was built to serve this unique community. The park will provide a valuable play space for children living in the area and was designed with a musical theme to complement and support the mission of the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music.

No Fault Sport Group is proud to be a part of this unique community and assist in the ongoing efforts to rebuild the city and culture of New Orleans.

For additional information on Musicians' Village or the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music visit their website at:
www.nolamusiciansvillage.org/.

 

 

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