Out-of-door Furnishings should be of a kind to encourage creative play as well as to give exercise. Playground apparatus, therefore, in addition to providing for big muscle development should combine the following requisites: Intrinsic value as a toy or plaything. "The play of children on it and with it must be spontaneous."[A-1] Adaptability to different kinds of play and exercise. "It must appeal to the imagination of the child so strongly that new forms of use must be constantly found by the child himself in using it."[A-2] Adaptability to individual or group use. It should lend itself to solitary play or to use by several players at once.
Additional requisites are: Safety. Its use should be attended by a minimum of danger. Suitable design, proper proportions, sound materials and careful construction are essentials. Durability. It must be made to withstand hard use and all kinds of weather. To demand a minimum of repair means also to afford a maximum of security.
The city yard equipped to give a maximum of exercise and creative play The city yard equipped to give a maximum of exercise and creative play
An outdoor play area.
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