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Go out and playHello! I hope you and your children are playfully discovering the outside world of wintertime. Winter, like all seasons, adds a new sense of mystery and discovery to the world of young children. We all feel the excitement of the first snowy day and share a child’s sense of wonder when new layers of white transform our environments. Winter is the time when children can study snowflakes, find icicles, or observe the birds that share their yards. Outdoor playscapes, designed with plants and rolling topography, magically transform themselves each season and offer enticing things to do all year long. Your playscape can, too. All it takes is some creative dreaming and planning.
Seasonal playscapes
When we build natural playscapes for children out of landscape and sculpture, we have the opportunity to design in a multitude of seasonal play experiences. With help from volunteers, folks just like you are building play environments that are more like your grandmother’s backyard and less like a “playground.” These “natural playscapes” are built of earth, herbs, trees, pathways, flowers, windchimes, sand, water, and more. As children play and flow through your outdoor space, they are discovering the wonders of life in each season. You can ...