Parents let's check our playgrounds for safety. Following some basic safety measures can help our children have lots of fun and play safe.When checking out your neighborhood playground, make sure that it has a soft surface under the play equipment. Most playgrounds have , sand, and rubber matting. Check playground equipment before you let your child play on them. If the weather is hot out, so will equipment be hot to touch . This can cause your child to get burned.#
Older children should be closely supervised when playing on the equipment
from the younger one. Older children tend to be rough and don't care to much about the smaller ones. Children love to swing, swings should be made from soft and flexible material. Look over and make sure that there is no holes in the material. They have different types of swings to accommodate your child. Your child should be able to sit in a swing that has holes to put their legs into. They can use this until they are ready to sit on a standard swing. Teach your child to hold on with both hands. Never have 2 or more on the same swing. Teach your child that he should never run in front of a swing when someone is using it. There have been many accidents that have happened while not watching your child.
All children love the seesaw. It's fun going up and down, but sometimes you have that child, that will jump off and have your child fly cross the playground. This also is very dangerous and can put your child in harms way. Make sure that you child has similar weight as the next child .Children love to take their bike's to the park. Does you child know anything about bicycle safety ? Teach them not to ride in the sand , or around broken glass. make sure they have a safety helmet on that is fitted. Also make sure that your children don't wear any jewelry while at play. Their clothing should be fitted properly with any strings loose and attached, this can cause injury if this should get caught in the playground equipment. also make sure that your child has his shoes tied , this will keep him from tripping over himself.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
How to Check For Playground Safety
Parents let's check our playgrounds for safety. Following some basic safety measures can help our children have lots of fun and play safe.When checking out your neighborhood playground, make sure that it has a soft surface under the play equipment. Most playgrounds have , sand, and rubber matting. Check playground equipment before you let your child play on them. If the weather is hot out, so will equipment be hot to touch . This can cause your child to get burned.#
Older children should be closely supervised when playing on the equipment
from the younger one. Older children tend to be rough and don't care to much about the smaller ones. Children love to swing, swings should be made from soft and flexible material. Look over and make sure that there is no holes in the material. They have different types of swings to accommodate your child. Your child should be able to sit in a swing that has holes to put their legs into. They can use this until they are ready to sit on a standard swing. Teach your child to hold on with both hands. Never have 2 or more on the same swing. Teach your child that he should never run in front of a swing when someone is using it. There have been many accidents that have happened while not watching your child.
All children love the seesaw. It's fun going up and down, but sometimes you have that child, that will jump off and have your child fly cross the playground. This also is very dangerous and can put your child in harms way. Make sure that you child has similar weight as the next child .Children love to take their bike's to the park. Does you child know anything about bicycle safety ? Teach them not to ride in the sand , or around broken glass. make sure they have a safety helmet on that is fitted. Also make sure that your children don't wear any jewelry while at play. Their clothing should be fitted properly with any strings loose and attached, this can cause injury if this should get caught in the playground equipment. also make sure that your child has his shoes tied , this will keep him from tripping over himself.
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