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Build-it-yourself playground helps kids imagine PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Jessica Yellin - CNN   
Thursday, 02 September 2010

Article Source: CNN

Rockwell, a father of two, became frustrated when he took his kids to traditional playgrounds. He found that these play areas lacked creativity.

"Traditional playgrounds are geared toward gross motor skills and linear play ... they are largely made of fixed equipment: seesaws, slides, monkey bars, swings," Rockwell said. "They are fantastic places to build gross motor skills." So he decided to design a playground that focused on building imagination by letting the kids build the playground themselves.

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