White Water It was a Friday, and my first time at White Water. I had been to Six Flags many times in the past few years, as I had always been a pass holder, but this was different than Six Flags. Six Flags had roller coasters where I was strapped in and going 60+ mph. I loved the feeling of going on the rides, but this wasn’t Six Flags. This was a completely new place. I could feel the terror in my bones, but I also knew that I was excited to go on this new ride. A ride where it would just be me
afternoon the rubber rescue tube had become plastered to my skin, tirelessly watching the water I glance up to the top of the slide, three stories up, and see a small girl well under four feet, the minimum height requirement to ride. Some how she slips by, as she rides down the loud “thud” against the slide tells me that she fell off her tube, while she tumbled off the end of the slide her panicked face affirmed her need for help, as I lifted her out of the water I came to the realization that I had truly
repeatedly like a broken record, she responds, “yes, go ahead!” Jumping with glee, sprinting like a cheetah on the black pavement leading to my favorite playground I called “The Yellow one.” Then, as I left my head up my eyes began to open wide. Closer and closer I get to the entrance I could see the red velvet ramp that leads to a small baby slide and a set of blue faded monkey bars on
Children laugh and run as the sun beats down on them. Parents push their kids on the swings, and children take turns on the slide. One child falls down and runs crying to his mother. A typical day at most any playground, but this is no ordinary playground. This is the Kristi Yamaguchi Always Dream Play Park, a playground "for children of all abilities that allows for physical as well as mental development" (Always Dream Play Park). Kristi Yamaguchi was born with a club foot, which inspired her
What Parents Need to Know about Playgrounds The essay, “Learning Responsibility on City Sidewalks” by Jane Jacobs, gives insight into the positive aspects that come out of neighborly interaction and expresses how the creation of playgrounds within the community can taint a child’s upbringing. The use of playgrounds is said to lead to a lack of joint responsibility which can have an influence on the youth within a community. The author feels that parks do not benefit pubescents in same the way that
years preschool outside of the playground. There was a tire tube swing and one teacher is pushing the children. The color of the tire tube was red and round. There was a basketball court in the playground and three boys playing. There was a toy bear that a boy was carrying around in the playground. There was a purple ball child with happy face on it. There were four girls ridding horse on the ride. Four boys were wearing shorts; 10 girls with blonde hair. The playground was filled with flowers with
memorial playground opened in Sea Bright, NJ. The project, The Sandy Ground Project: Where Angels Play, was organized by New Jersey’s Firefighter’s Mutual Benevolent Association. The playground was one of twenty-six playgrounds being installed in New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut towns honoring the children and teachers killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Each town that received a playground was a town directly impacted by Superstorm Sandy. This particular playground is dedicated
genuine way of looking at it. He even has an article about it called “Can a Playground Be Too Safe?” It explains that it has been scientifically proven that children who take healthy risks early in life are not as fearful as those who don't.Lake Stevens should build a risky playground because children can overcome fears. According to Mr. Tierney, people can overcome or head off fears before they start in the playground. For example “While some psychologists — and many parents — have worried that
important for children with disabilities to be able to meet all of these areas. This can be done be creating an outdoor environment that is designed for thos... ... middle of paper ... ...un and safe design. Works Cited Atmakur, Sruthi. “Playgrounds of Inclusion.” Unicef.org. Casey, Theresa. 12 April 2013. Web. 1 December 2013. http://www.unicef.org/sowc2013/focus_playgrounds_of_inclusion.html Christensen, Keith. “Creating Inclusive Outdoor Play Environments Designing for Ability Rather
I'm going to observe them performing are the large muscle/gross-motor skills. The large muscle/gross-motor skills include: climbing across the monkey bars, riding bigwheels (or tricycles), and running through a built-in obstacle course on the playground. Starting with the monkey bars, it's clearly obvious that Karligh is physically stronger upperbody-wise than Bethany. With surprising ease, Karligh crossed the monkey bars using nothing but her arms to perform this task. Bethany on the otherhand
it possible that a playground can be to safe? John Tierney would argue this question. Mr. Tierney, a news journalist from The New York Times, and the author of the piece, ' Can a Playground be Too Safe lets us analyize this question. The comparison between the playgrounds of mid century America and those of present day have changed quite diversely. What the author is trying to prove is the harm that has been done is a result of the overly safe equipment now used on playgrounds. Walking through this
call me hyperactive. You can often times see me playing in the dusty old playground of my community center, a rundown brown and maroon weathered old building that has seen too many years of dry Arizona heat. In that playground, you can find a large chrome red agility course complete with a set of monkey bars and a wide yellow slide that extends from the top of the course to the ground level. In the corner of the playground area you can find the toddler area which consists of a blue sandbox, (if you
Whether you're an adult or a child there are few things that are as important as pool safety. However, if you are a parent, then you know you would do just about anything to keep your children safe in and around the swimming pool. Therefore, we have gathered some pool safety tips and other important information regarding pool safety to help you become a more educated parent when it comes to the different ways to keep your children safe while they're in the swimming pool. This topic goes way beyond
I observed a child at the elementary school I was working at for SERVE while he was playing during lunch. I first walked around the playground during recess to get a feel for the school and the students on their breaks. As I sat down on a bench near the playground I noticed there was a lot of segregation between genders throughout the activities. For example, I saw that the girls were more likely to be found playing “house”, hopscotch or playing with other girls whereas the boys gravitated towards
Narrative- Water Slide Experience I was so excited. I could hardly breathe through the hour drive it took to get there. I was squished between my two ten-year-old best friends in the back seat of a white Saturn, but I didn't care. I was practicing over and over in my head what I was going to say to all the smart-alecky adults who would tell me I was too young to ride the water slides. I was simply going to reply, "Actually I'm ten, going on eleven." On the right of me sat the girl I met in
College Should Not be a Playground University students today have it pretty good. At decent-sized schools, students have access to any number of low-cost services that civilians would donate organs for. We get gyms and fitness centers for free or close to it. We have computer labs, lounges and more clubs and societies arriving every semester. With little or no fees, on-campus coffee bars and pick-up basketball games make traveling into the real world increasingly ludicrous
Children's Private Speech Walk into any classroom or playground full of young children aged from four years old through to six or seven, and you will be overwhelmed by the constant noise. Now think back to your own childhood, and try to recall if it was that noisy when you were that age. If you can¡¦t , you are probably like the majority of people. But you will definitely remember the adults in your life telling you to ¡§shut up¡¨, ¡§be quiet¡¨ and ¡§sshhh¡¨. Many Psychologists have noted
out to the playground • This is a small private school, and I see fifteen to twenty children on the playground. • I see one adult male playground monitor, who seems to allow the children to facilitate their own play. • The playground is all concrete; there are basketball hoops, jungle gyms, swing sets, red rubber balls, soccer and basketballs. My first personal observation is of an Asian boy, approximate age, 5-7 years old. • 11:30am I notice the young male run on to the playground, he immediately
behave in an eclecticism manner as individuals as well. What I mean by this is that children behave differently according to the situation that they are in. For example, a child who is quiet in class may be rather noisy in the lunchroom or on the playground. They may feel that they are in a controlled environment when they are in the classroom, but feel that they have more freedom to talk with their peers when the teacher doesn’t have all of her attention on one class but on other children from other
was rich in other ways, they had each other and they had the land they lived on, which was filled with magnificent aspen groves that blanketed the many slopes. To my grandfather their land was like his playground and his jungle where he could do as he pleased. His playground was as broad as his imagination and as a child he had many adventures in his jungle. During the summer, he and his friends spent countless days at a near by watering hole, diving in and swimming to escape