Outdoor toys
When you think of outdoor toys, bicycles, hoola-hoops, scooters, and swing –balls etc. may come to mind, but it also entails jungle gyms, swings, slides, barrels, tunnels, bridges, houses, netball and soccer posts, ladders and monkey bars to name, but a few.
Jungle Gym World with more than ten years experience in the manufacturing, supply and maintenance of quality outdoor toys recognizes the importance of unstructured as well as structured physical activities for the balanced development of children of all age groups.
The company located in Centurion, South Africa sets the example for other manufacturers in terms of quality, safety, durability, workmanship and creativity. Education and fun can be combined through the outdoor toys provided by Jungle Gym World.
Education doesn’t have to be boring. Combine classroom activities for pre-schoolers and early primary school going children with play on outdoor toys supplied by Jungle Gym World. Instead of teaching maths just in class, why not let the young ones count the steps while they climb the ladders or carry buckets of sand?
You can for instance, also expose children to balancing by making a game out of it on the balancing snake or create and obstacle course. Play a game of search and discover. Place a small item in a barrel or on top of a platform and ask the child to find it. Combine this with time to teach the child to work within the set parameters.
Make up a song about colors while the little ones have to find the appropriate colored equipment. Play “ I spy with my little eye” and teach children to listen to the clues. Set up a game of search and rescue and introduce them to a career of rescue work. One child acts as the lost and hurt person and the others have to come up with a plan to rescue the child from for instance, a drum, doll house, or platform. Let them make turns to slide and keep count of how many children are behind in front of them.
While these structured play activities are enjoyed, the children will not only have a lot of fun, but will also develop large and fine motor skills, obtain middle line crossing abilities, a sense of direction and space, as well as balancing.
Jungle Gym World also provides rugby posts, soccer, hockey, netball, and basket ball posts and rings that can be rented or purchased. This type of equipment helps to develop dexterity as well as:
- Hand and foot coordination
- Hand and eye coordination
- Foot and eye coordination
- Foot, eye and hand coordination
Rather than practicing the same skills over and over until they lose interest in school work, get them outside where they will develop essential skills on the outdoor toys to help them in learning, concentration, group work, reading and writing. Do this at least an hour a day with pre-school kids and half an hour with school going children. Apart from structured play on the outdoor toys, provide enough time for free play where they can discover their bodies and the world around them in their own time and way.
Not only can schools and pre-schools benefit from the outdoor toys, but also parents who can get advice on the lay-out of the playground in their backyard as well as equipment suitable for the particular age group.
Jungle Gym World is dedicated to the provision of outdoor toys, which are both fun to use and have educational value, whilst at the same time being child friendly and sturdy. Whether you prefer wooden or steel structures, and plastic or steel slides, at Jungle Gym World every imaginable structure is manufactured for fun and healthy childhood development.
Visit the products page on the Jungle Gym World website and browse through the wide variety offered or contact the office directly for advice and help in selecting the best outdoor toys for your specific needs. |
