Have you ever looked at materials and thought, "I wish my kids would engage with that but they just don’t!"? You are not alone in that! There are so many amazing materials that can encourage learning and growth but seem hard to truly engage children. How we present those materials can be key, however, especially with younger children. 

Classrooms are filled with a multitude of objects to explore, discover, and manipulate, but none can compare to the rich learning opportunities offered by traditional, solid-wood unit blocks.

So you've decided to build a playground! By reading this article you've already taken the first step toward improving your community and planning the play area of your dreams. Constructive Playthings provides you with everything you need from equipment to surfacing and installation, we do it all! We created this fun and easy to follow guide to walk you through the process of playground planning step-by-step.

The word “art” brings up many different ideas to many different people. Some remember messy art projects and the fun they had creating them; others think about an overwhelming amount of materials and not knowing what to make. Still, others remember the feeling that nothing they made was good enough to compare to the model they were given.