Mid March 2015

10 Tips for Improving Playground Safety

Serious accidents which occur in schools typically happen on the playground, and often playground supervision is a contributing factor. In fact, approximately 200,000 accidents each year send children to the emergency room for treatment of an injury which occurred on the school playground. The following tips are designed to increase the quality of the playground supervision in your school, insuring that children are safer on your playground.

1. Adequate Playground Supervision

The National Program for Playground Safety (NPPS) recommends the playground supervision ratio of adult supervisors to children should mirror classroom ratios. If class size is at 32, then there should be one playground supervisor for each 32 children. Yet, I rarely see this ratio maintained.

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See you At SHAPE
Booth 813

We hope you'll drop by our booth at the SHAPE (former AAHPERD) Conference booth 813. Come by and say "Hi".

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New Peaceful Playgrounds Walking and Running Track
Special Introductory Price
$999

We will be releasing a new product in the Peaceful Playgrounds Program product line. It is a Walking and Running Track and will be available on or before April 1, 2015. It is a stand alone product and may be purchased individually.

You can find out more about the Walking and Running Track here.

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Spring Brain Breaks
FREE DOWNLOAD

FREE DOWNLOAD

Grab this set of Spring Brain Break Cards that's sure to motivate active learning. Brain Breaks help to focus children, re-energize them and get them up and moving in a classroom. Students have fun with a "themed" set of 16 brain break cards. Some examples include: Dancing in the rain, hop like a bunny and sway with your arms above your head, like the sun rising and setting.

Peaceful Playgrounds Webinars FREE

A Peaceful Playground? Sound Impossible? It's not. With a few proven strategies, we'll show you how to reduce bullying, and reduce playground conflicts, resulting in happier students and a thankful staff.

Friday March 20th @ 8am   Registration Link

Wednesday March 25th @ 11:30am Registration Link

Thursday April 2 @ 5pm    Registration Link

Monday April 6th @ 9am   Registration Link

Tuesday April 14th @ 10am   Registration Link

Wednesday April 22 @ 8:30am Registration Link

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Individual Stencils Now Available

Individual Full Size Roll Out Stencils are now available for purchase. We carry properly sized hopscotch, four square and a basketball key, as well as the U.S. Map and the World Map.

Order them on line or with a purchase order. A great way to try the roll out stencils and to spruce up your playground! Try adding a little color and it is an economical way to brighten up the playground as well.

Check out our products catalog for pricing and additional information.

Act now! Discount at at checkout.