Playground swings help to develop important skills
Playground swings aid in the developing of dexterity, strength, and normal muscle growth. Children also get the opportunity to get rid of excess energy and relax. Through mastering the action of pushing and pulling the playground swings to create a motion, children unconsciously learn about their body’s centre of gravity.
They gain understanding of movement and timing, and experience the thrill of succeeding in the action of swinging. With double or frame seated playground swings, children learn body mass calculations without even realizing it, when they have to work out where to sit to get the best possible movement when working together.
Challenges and activities that can be enjoyed
- Educators can use playground swings in physical development instruction. Children will not only love the challenges, but will also overcome fears of height. Some of the activities:
- Let the children swing while lying over the seats. They have to push the swings forward with their legs and then pull their legs in. This motion is normally done slow and with round tyre swings.
- Ask them to swing with one leg straight and then the other. This helps to learn the difference between left and right while also developing both legs.
- Let them swing with both legs straight to encourage upper body usage to gain momentum.
- Challenge them to swing with their legs bent as an alternative to the straight legs.
- Ask them to swing in the normal mode of legs straight and then bent, but to increase or decrease the speed on your command.
- Let them swing in the normal way while turning their heads from side to side.
Developing a stunning play area
Jungle Gym World offers two options to assist preschools and primary schools in equipping their play areas with safe and durable outdoor apparatus. The outdoor equipment can either be purchased or rented. Rental is ideal for obtaining variety and keeping challenges fresh. This also provides the benefit of low maintenance costs, as the supplier and not the client, is responsible for the maintenance of the equipment. Schools can change their playground equipment every six to twelve months.
Types of playground swings available from Jungle Gym World
- The 2 or 4 seater “A Frame” swing is ideally suited for social interaction with other children while they learn to work together. The structure is correctly balanced and provides safe seating within a sturdy frame. Children obtain movement through a push and pull action while seated opposite each other. The kids have to move together to create the perfect motion. It also has a push handle behind every seat where educators can help to get motion.
- The carousel can seat four kids who work together to get a horizontal spinning motion. It has an overhead frame for proper stabilization, and four seats arranged around a steering wheel. By using their hands they turn the wheel together to create the motion. Mathematical calculation of the best seating arrangements for maximum momentum is encouraged through the use of this equipment.
- The see-saw swing is set in an overhead frame and allows seating for two children who sit back to back with their feet on the pedals. They create motion by working together through a forward and backward action. Upper and lower body strength, together with coordination is developed through this equipment.
- The 1 - 4 seater planted playground swings come in different seating options for instance, tyre, wood, steel, steel and wood, and plastic seating.
- Several of the wooden and steel jungle gyms in the Jungle Gym World range also include swinging apparatus.
Safety features
Children’s safety is the main concern in the design and manufacturing of playground swings. Only “A Grade” steel is used and all welds are checked to ensure that there are no sharp edges where children can get hurt. There are no open pipe ends where fingers can get stuck and a one year guarantee is provided against rust and breakage. The wooden poles used in the wood based products are sealed with coatings that are lead free.
Play is also a form of learning and that is why the range of playground swings available from Jungle Gym World has been designed to help children develop important skills. |
