Includes: Group reservations, drop-off program, clothing
restrictions.
Adventure Playground, one of the Top 5
play spaces in America, was launched in
1979. (One other
Adventure Playground in Huntington Beach
is open to kids during the summer
months.) Kids can climb on kid designed
and built forts, boats, and towers, ride
the zip line or hammer, saw, and paint.
Adventure Playgrounds were a concept
that are credited to a European
playground designer post WWII. He
studied children playing and found that
they preferred playing in dirt and
lumber from the post war rubble.
Children had the most fun designing and
building their own equipment and
manipulating their environment. The
formula for Adventure Playgrounds
includes Earth, fire, water, and lots of
creative materials. Low risk activities
at Adventure Playground creates
opportunities for children to learn
cooperation, meet physical challenges
and gain self confidence.
Adventure Playground is designed for
children 7 and older, though younger
kids can attend as long as they are
within arms reach of a participating
adult. Parents of older children are
encouraged to participate and help out
with safety for all children. Everyone
needs to sign the walk-in waiver when
you come in.
Everyone must wear sturdy shoes like
tennis shoes, NOT flip flops, sandals,
crocs or clogs. Wear clothes that can
get dirty, wet, painted on and you may
consider bringing a change of clothes
for wet or muddy days. Paint is water
based tempera (school paint) and it may
not come out of clothing even with pre
treating.
Adult Helpers are needed to: assist kids
with clamps and picking out the soft
woods for them to learn to saw and
hammer on; stand at the base of the
trolley to help shovel sand at a 45
degree angle so the children slow down
and stop, and much more.