play Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Tue, 03 Apr 2018 01:07:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg play Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 “Adventure” Playgrounds Can Build Confidence https://teachingkidsnews.com/2018/04/02/adventure-playgrounds-can-build-confidence/ Tue, 03 Apr 2018 01:07:03 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=16936 At a place called The Land, in Wrexham, Wales, the ground is littered with pieces of wood, old tires, packing crates, and shopping carts. It looks like a junkyard, but it isn’t. It’s a playground.
There’s also a fire pit, hammers and saws, and a rope swing across a creek. Some of the equipment can be dangerous, but the people who run the playground believe that letting children take some risks is good for them.
The Land was created by Claire Griffiths, who has two children of her own. She wanted to build a space where children could play the way they wanted and experiment with different things, without a lot of rules.

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