Outdoor Play Space Action Plan

Our outdoor play space meeting ended on a productive note.  Here's our immediate action plan.

October 1st  Lane will set up a mud kitchen.  This probably will not be a whole class place to play, but small groups or outdoor center area.  We will be ironing out the details and finding out what works and what doesn't.  Please pay attention to the children, listen and watch for what works for them.  Take notes, take pictures, take a video.

OCTOBER 20th OUTDOOR WORK DAY.  New additions will be to prepare an area designated for loose parts.  This will be multi-functional as it will be marked by tree stumps installed at different levels and sizes to offer a balance challenge.  Something like this....

For an area like this 

If you missed the meeting and you're wondering where this would be, please ask your co-workers who were present.  Also, on the list:  spreading mulch and sand on the playground, raking, weeding, and cleaning the other play areas, cementing the bird bath bowl to the bird bath base and installing Ms. Pat's plague, assembling storage shed (s) in the garden area, general repairs to playground equipment (list provided by preK teaching teams).  Bring your gloves, rakes, shovels, wheelbarrows, or other tools you may find useful.  Hope to see you all there.

5 new John Deere dump trucks (that's the limit allowed utilizing my Amazon Prime account) will arrive Wednesday.

Something you can do now to extend the outside play area is to bring paint brushes and paint or mud to the easel hanging on the fence.  This might be a fun thing to do on riding toy day.  The easel can be lowered or moved to a child-centered area of your choosing.

One identified goal for the new outdoor play areas is to extend "respect for property" by creating a habit of cleaning-up and preparing a play space for those who come behind us.