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[|Outdoor Play Activities] [|Alliance for Childhood] [|Playground_Layout] (click here for large picture) Equipment considered during the creation of our play spaces... ** US Consumer Product Safety Commission report on public playground equipment safety [|http://www.cpsc.gov/volstd/publicplayground/publicplayground.html] ** Play...Just for the Fun of it!!! ...not an elephant seal...moose!!! [|http://www.wimp.com/elephantseal/] For families of children with **Developmental Coordination Disorder**... **Can Child…Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). (2010). McMaster University**. [] **This site provides articles and educational materials explaining what Developmental Coordination Disorder is and how to best deal with it, including coordinating efforts through an occupational therapist and the benefits of Physical Education.** Booklet at [] [|DCD At Home.doc] [|DCD In Physical Education.doc] [|DCD In the Classroom.doc]

To check official requirements for Playground Equipment... [|Consumer Product Safety Commission 2001.pdf] Resources on the Web: [] Key Organizations Working to Make the World’s Schoolyards Greener. [] Resources for Landscape Planning for School Grounds [] >> [] >> [] >> Fisman, Lianne (2001). Child’s Play: An empirical study of the relationship between the physical form of schoolyards and children’s behavior. MESc 2001 Accessed June 1, 2004 from [] National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education. (2002). RECESS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAY: A POSITION STATEMENT ON YOUNG CHILDREN AND RECESS [Online]. Available:[]
 * Resources for Ecological Schoolyards
 * // Planning Schoolgrounds for Outdoor Learning //, National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2000
 * Malone, Karen & Tranter, Paul (2003). Children’s Environmental Learning and the Use, Design and Management of Schoolgrounds, //Children, Youth and Environments//, 13(2), Accessed June 9, 2004 from []
 * Fishman, Lianne (2001). Child’s Play: An empirical study of the relationship between the physical form of schoolyards and children’s behavior. MESc 2001 Accessed June 1, 2004 from []