I know its been a long time since I’ve posted anything, but I’ve been keeping pretty busy working an e-commerce website for outdoor play equipment. Check it out at www.outdoorpreschoolstore.com
It looks like I ended up taking quite a hiatus from writing this blog, the whole “getting married” thing kind of screwed up my schedule a bit.
Anyways, to get back into the swing of things I’ve picked a fairly simple piece to write about this week; the Water Table.
The water tables are fairly simple units which made using a plastic mold that was designed by Clark Kugler and is unique to The Adventurous Child. Generally the water tables are installed in sets of (3), with each table about being about 8” lower than the one before it. Each table has shallow “path” in the bottom that a small stream of water would run down as well as slots in the side that children can place plastic dams in to block the flow of water if they want to play with boats etc.
All the tables have a drain in one end to allow water to flow down into the table below it; however each drain can also be closed off using a ball valve, so that children can keep the water from flowing into another table. The valve on the lowest table is generally left closed so that water doesn’t flow out and onto the ground during play, however all of the valves are removable to allow for easy draining and so that they can be taken inside at night (to keep them safe from teenagers.)
Hello All, and welcome to my blog. I’ve been working in the playground “industry”at my Dad’s company (The Adventurous Child) since I was tall enough to reach the Radial Arm Saw.
Since then I’ve seen a lot of very cool and interesting playgrounds / play areas / outdoor classrooms (whatever you want to call them), and I’ve built my fair share of interesting playground equipment as well.
Hopefully with this blog I’ll be able to share some of these stories and show off some of the custom playground equipment I’ve designed and/or built, as well as offer some ideas / tips/ tricks for choosing the right equipment as well as maintaining it properly.
Thanks for reading, I ‘m looking forward to the future of this blog.