The Daily Mile Challenge
The Daily Mile Challenge As everyone knows, exercise is one of the best things you can do for your physical and mental health. It improves blood flow, heart rate, releases endorphins, and keeps your body from becoming sedentary. We could go on and on! However, exercise is important across every age range, and children are […]
The Benefits of Environmental Play
The Benefits of Environmental Play By now, we all know the importance of outdoor play for children’s physical and mental health. We have previously touched on its importance, but for this article, we wanted to visit the concept of environmental play and explore this in a slightly different lens to outdoor play. What is environmental […]
Five Playground Ideas That Make Outdoor Play More Exciting
Five Playground Ideas That Make Outdoor Play More Exciting It’s getting to that time of the year when the playground is in hot demand. The warmer weather will mean everyone wants to spend their time outside! We here at PlaySmart understand the value of a great outdoor playground. So we’ve got some ideas on how […]
Tips for Maintaining a Playground During Spring Months
Playground Maintenance Tips for Spring Cleaning We’ve all felt those first tentative rays of sunshine over the last week or two. It’s therefore safe to say that spring is on its way! After a long cold winter, it’s what we’ve all been waiting for. However, you might be wondering what this means for your play […]
PlaySmart FAQs: Answering All Your Questions
PlaySmart FAQs: Answering All Your Questions Here at PlaySmart, we know that you probably have a lot of questions about play and our surfacing. Our products, pricing, guarantees, and promises are all things our customers want to find out more about, and we’re happy to help! In this article, we’ll be answering some of our […]
Love is all a-ground
Love Play? Invest in Safety & Quality It’s Valentine’s Day, and it’s a day for celebrating who you love – or in our case, what we love! It’s no secret we’re passionate about playgrounds and love play! This Valentines we wanted to spread the love by sharing some of our team’s favourite installs over the […]
Children’s Role Play and its Importance in the Playground
Children’s Role Play and its Importance in the Playground Role play provides a creative way for children to progress their social and intellectual development. Role play is often inspired by factors such as themed playgrounds or fancy dress. It involves children making up a storyline and acting this out with their friends. There are three […]
Five Ways To Make Your Childrens Play Area More Inclusive
Five Ways To Make Your Childrens Play Area More Inclusive Here at PlaySmart, we want to make products that work for every child and provide equal play opportunities for every level of ability. All too often, consumers in the play industry find that children’s play areas are inaccessible, or not built for wheelchairs, crutches and […]
Halloween Horrors- Grass Mats Gone Wrong!
Halloween Horrors! Grass Mats Gone Wrong In the safety surfacing industry, it’s important to remember that skimping on costs or relaxing your standards for labour has a high likelihood of costing you more in the long run. Cheap materials are easily resourced, and their quality is never as high. Therefore, there is more room for […]
How the seasons affect playground surfaces
Seasonal Play – How Weather Impacts Playground Flooring Assessing what playground flooring would be most appropriate for your project can be tricky. Seasonal play conditions impact teh effectiveness of surfacing. Therefore, Playsmart recommends that you should consider how different types of weather affect different playground surfaces. Measuring each material’s temperature in extreme weather relies on […]
