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Download full textJambor, Tom – 1990
Those who design and develop playgrounds are caught between the desire to provide developmentally appropriate, challenging opportunities for play and the desire to restrict play challenges in order to reduce danger to children or the likelihood of being held liable for injuries. While there can be no argument against accident and injury…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Childhood Needs, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Equipment Standards
Jambor, Tom – 1995
While it is our responsibility as adults to protect our children from hazards that would inflict injury, it is also our responsibility to provide children with a safe play environment providing challenging opportunities to explore, practice, and reach personal levels of competence. Children learn their own play abilities and limitations through…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Childhood Needs, Children, Injuries
Jambor, Tom – 1991
Advocates of children's right to play are caught between the need to provide developmentally appropriate and challenging places for play and restrictions that result from fears of liability. It may be that implementation of the suggestions of research on playground safety has resulted in the creation of playgrounds that are colorful, cute, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Safety, Childhood Needs, Children
Jambor, Tom – 1995
"The New Zealand Playground Safety Manual" was designed for early childhood services, primary and intermediate schools, and park administrators. The manual was developed with the input of practitioners who attended seminars held throughout New Zealand and who reviewed all segments of the manual. Part 1 of the manual presents five steps…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Children, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedJambor, Tom; Gargiulo, Richard – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 1987
The well-planned playground can serve as the common denominator for all children, with the resulting process of play as the natural avenue for knowing and understanding oneself and others. Guidelines are presented for considering the needs of children in general, as well as the needs of the physically-, visually-, and hearing-impaired, and the…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Persons, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedJambor, Tom – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1994
Discusses projects to establish school playgrounds that are planned, built, and used by individuals of different generations. Such projects involve set-up, which includes determining needs, selecting a site and project leader, designing the playground, and establishing committees; construction; and follow-up, which includes playground maintenance…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Early Childhood Education, Grandparents, Intergenerational Programs
