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Projects of DistinctionPrioritizing Youth Fitness with Research Based Physical Activity

Pa Honua Super Playground is certainly a new beginning for the children and families who live there.

National Demonstration Site NetworkExpanding Physical Activity at a Beloved State Park

Earl’s Island Fitness Trail is a place where people could actively exercise in a traditional fitness setting.

BlogCreativity & Imagination: Play, the world, and me

​Children learn about the environment and themselves by picking up information through active interaction with their surroundings.

Case StudiesCase Study: A Family Play & Fitness Space

Harbor Regional Park in Los Angeles, CA is a family play and fitness space with surfacing that offers organization, color, visual cues, and texture.

BlogThe Science of Play: Enjoying a Fulfilling Life by Retaining our Ability and Right to Play

With a little prompting, we can the trigger the spontaneous play we enjoyed in childhood. Embedded in our nature is this capacity to lighten up our adult lives.

Case StudiesCase Study: Animating a Village with Music

The instruments have brought new excitement to The Village at Winter Park as they guide from one end to the other.

National Demonstration Site NetworkSt. Cloud Commons Park Recognized as an Inclusion National Demonstration Site

St. Cloud Commons Park in Huntington, WV is the first fully inclusive playground in the state of West Virginia

BlogBurning Calories through Water Exercise

You can experience a level of calorie burning during water exercises that will rival and perhaps exceed anything you could ever attain on land.

BlogNature: Infusing the natural world into the everyday spaces of childhood

Nature supports the development of all children, regardless of their level of ability, and helps them discover themselves, physically, socially, and emotionally