NCS Playground & Green-Space

Examples of the kinds of elements to be included in the new school site playground

Traditional Play!

Nature Based Play

Music, Art, & Language

Imagination Science/Math

Climbing

Sliding

Spinning

Ball Play

Running

Plantings and Trees Galore

Rocks for stepping, climbing

Dry Creek-bed

Vined trellises, tunnels

Natural Building Materials

High Quality Outdoor instruments

Chalk Art

Weaving Station

Poetry Paths

Areas for Reading

Beauty

Playhouse

Canoe

Stage

Construction

Construction

Botany

Soil Science

Gardening

Grids

Professional Designsthese are the most current, but not final drawings

Imagination Play

Imagination Play

Imagination Playground Video of the blocks in action

Imagination playground is loose parts.Traditional playgrounds consist primarily of fixed equipment, such as slides, monkey bars and teeter-totters, all of which focus on developing children’s gross motor skills.

Imagination Playground is made up of what experts call “loose parts” that prompt children to transform their environment and create a play space of their own.

Imagination Playground contains a wide variety of loose parts, including cubes, bricks, cogs, curves, and cylinders. But the parts are not simply loose. They have holes and shapes that fit together in ways that allow the continuation of a child’s idea. A pair becomes a wall. A wall becomes a room. A room becomes a house. The pieces fit connect together to make immersive play last a long time.

Click on the photo for more information on the blocks

Traditional Play Equipment

Click on the above picture to see the Spinami in action

Traditional PlayEquipment

The Teaching Gardens• 5,250 sq. ft of space devoted to

outdoor science• Fruit Orchard, Shade Garden, Nectary • A greenhouse (aka High Tunnel) 28 x

40 feet (Makes year round outdoor plant science possible)

• Shaded classroom

Music and Art

Math and Science

More Features of the New Playground & Green-Space• 3-4 outdoor classrooms• 2 Shaded seating areas• “Kindergarten Patio”—outdoor space extended out from K classrooms • Outdoor Art space extending out from art classroom

The Playground and Green-Space need your help

• Volunteer Labor---Community Build of Traditional Equipment, Carpentry, Welding, Planting, and More

• Donate $ or materials• Help Fundraise

Donate your Labor

Donate Materials

Donate Funds & Fundraise

• Donate to the playground effort in either office or online

• Sponsor an item online• Approach businesses for money or materials• Help hold a fundraiser

greenspace@ncs.k12.in.us