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Exercise and early childhood education
By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Beudels, Prof. Dr. Klaus Fischer and Dr. Janine Stahl-von Zabern
Alarming lack of exercise among children
As they get older, however, the amount of vital physical exercise they enjoy decreases.
Movement from the outset
Children have a natural urge to move around. They jump, climb, balance or test their capabilities in other ways.
3,000 participants at the 8th “Moved Childhood” congress.
(Lower Saxony Institute for Early Childhood Education and Development), has been fully booked for weeks in advance, and is the largest and most renowned event nationwide on the subject of early childhood education and development.
How child-friendly is Europe?
Slowly but surely, there has been a decrease in the birth rate in Europe.
22.11.2010 - More playing space for playing children
More happy, bright children’s eyes – that is the main wish of the initiative spielKind (literally ‘playing children’), which is committed to its campaign for more playing space.
03.01.2011 - Storytelling through play
The State Horticultural Show in Aschersleben offers a special attraction to its younger visitors and had invited them to experience the world of German traveller Adam Olearius.
03.01.2011 - Berliner Seilfabrik goes USA
The Berliner Seilfabrik Company, which originates from a factory for the manufacture of elevator ropes founded in Berlin, Germany in 1865, has now opened a new subsidiary in the USA at Greenville, South Carolina and has further strengthened its position in the American market.
03.01.2011 - Imaginative play with water
This year, the town of Hemer on the edge of the Sauerland region of West Germany celebrated the “Magic of Transformation”: The NRW Regional Garden Festival 2010 took place on around 23 hectors – some on the grounds of former barracks.
03.01.2011 - Things that children like – make parents happy
Recently an attractive adventure world for children of all age groups has been awaiting guests in the Hotel Rudolfshof Vitality in Kaprun, Austria.
03.01.2011 - Exercise on the school playground
Children need space!
03.01.2011 - Garden festivals give you the edge
Hanover: Expert workshop in a bid to make the future development of garden festivals a success for Lower Saxony’s local authorities.
03.01.2011 - Curious creatures in Hamburg Climbing Forest
Since 4 October the Hamburg climbing forest in Volksdorf has boasted a new attraction: Florian, Maren & Lars, from the FlorianMars artist group, spent more than 9 months working on the park’s wooden animal monsters, which invite children to climb, run riot and swing about.
03.01.2011 - By citizens for citizens
Alternative financing options for exercise courses in public places: Geisenfeld – “Bewegungspark an der Ilm” (an der Ilm Exercise Park).
03.01.2011 - Multi-sports pitch as an active meeting point
On the 10 September, the Mayor of Oer-Erkenschwick, Achim Menge, together with Mr. Michel Mippendorp (Managing Director of VelopA GmbH) and many major and minor guests, opened the first omni stadium for Germany.
03.01.2011 - “Wind in the mill”
Reminiscent of the destruction and reconstruction of the old post mill in Krosigk.
03.01.2011 - To be used in common and stimulate everyone’s creative instincts
The playground areas at the 2010 Bad Essen State Horticultural Show
03.01.2011 - The Trend to Golf
SPIEL!GOLF is the registered trademark for small golf courses with synthetic turf greens, made by the Frank Wiese Company in Munich.
15.02.2011 - The desert lives – in Munich‘s “Theresienhöhe” district
It is a place with strong characteristics. Since June 2010 the new leisure area at Theresienhöhe in Munich’s Schwanthalerhöhe district has been inviting children, teenagers and adults to play and have fun.
15.02.2011 - Is there a trend towards rope play equipment?
There are hardly any manufacturers any more who dare to enter the market without offering rope elements. Some even take things one step further by offering not just “play equipment with ropes” but real “rope play equipment”, i.e. such equipment with which the rope is the essential or even only play element. In particular the three-dimensional net structures, as they are called, have to be mentioned.
15.02.2011 - Exercise is not just exercise
by Dr. Dieter Breithecker, Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft fuer Haltungs- und Bewegungsförderung e. V. (Federal Association for the Development of Posture and Exercise)
16.02.2011 - Europlay nv at Dendermonde (B)
Since its foundation in 2000, the Belgian company Europlay NV has been developing, designing and manufacturing public playground equipment.
16.02.2011 - A Flagship Play Area
Playdale complete largest play area yet: When tasked with giving 36-acre Wallace Park a new lease of life, Lisburn City Council knew a flagship play area would promise just that.
16.02.2011 - Building a natural Place for Play
As part of the government’s National Play Strategy, Sutcliffe Play has worked with Doncaster Council to create a natural play scheme in line with Play England’s 10 Design for Play principles.
16.02.2011 - The trend towards rope
Rope play equipment and space nets create movement for a lively playground. A trend in the trade for playground equipment and recreational facilities.
16.02.2011 - Qualification for playground inspectors
by Bertold Tempel, TÜV Rheinland LGA Products GmbH
Have we learned from the past?
For the second time in the past year, the Federal Horticultural Show Koblenz 2011 has come within an inch of flooding.
16.02.2011 - Queens Park at Hinckley
Natural elements mingled with prescribed play equipment makes for the perfect play space and Wicksteed Playscapes has just completed a fine refurbishment based on exactly that at Queens Park in Hinckley, Leicestershire.
The aim of this work is to present a practical implementation of comprehensive theoretical knowledge and scientific analyses of health-oriented promotion of physical activity on a local basis. The guidelines shall be made available to municipalities and interested institutions.
20.06.2011 - Mülheim an der Ruhr: A sports jungle
The Hofackerstraße children's playground was designed in September 2008 as part of a "planning workshop" of this type and the results were then presented to the residents, representatives of the parents and to representatives from politics and administration. The children unanimously chose “Sports Jungle" as the motto for the playground.
20.06.2011 - The acrobatic art of locomotion in the city
Parkour can be defined as the acrobatic art of locomotion in the urban area of cities. Its obstacles are walls, facades, garages and cars, all of which are to be overcome elegantly and effectively.
20.06.2011 - “Gemma raus!” – Let’s go outside!
Health-promoting hands-on activities for older women and men in fitness parks .
20.06.2011 - Dresden: Woodland playground Kleinzschachwitz
Something New on the Eastern Front: The Regional office, associations and the then Green Spaces Office jointly came up with the first ideas for an adventure playground.
20.06.2011 - Stuttgart: Lauchäcker "Into the Garden" Playground
Citizen participation in the playground - not only in Stuttgart 21.
It wasn’t just supposed to be about the development of a children’s playground, but the goal was to create a platform for an unusual range of exercise activities, the motion field.
20.06.2011 - Basle: Erlenmattpark II – paradise for children
The first stage of the construction of the 58,000 m2-park has now been completed; an area of 33,000 m2 is occupied by newly planted trees and shrubs, a unique playground, a large fountain and a host of sports and play facilities.
17.08.2011 - Family Flocks at Farley Fox
Plunging slides, an enormous Bird's Nest Swing, a skate ramp and challenging trim trails are just some of the brand new fun features at the Farley Fox Park, which opened last week in Farley, east of Salisbury.
17.08.2011 - New Internet portal www.bigpublic.de
Whether well-kept and modern or more run-down and dilapidated – a town’s features can have positive or negative effects on people, images and economic development.
In the framework of the Hessian sustainability strategy “LiveHealthy – StayHealthy”, an academic study of this activity trail and the 4F Circle activity trail in Darmstadt, which was opened in July, is being carried out by the Hessian Ministry for Social Affairs.
17.08.2011 - Spielplatznet.de – Germany’s largest playground catalogue
But where are the nicest playgrounds in Germany? The website Spielplatznet.de can provide an answer to this question. Spielplatznet.de was created in 2008 and is a collection of playgrounds compiled by users that is free to use.
22.08.2011 - Urban street style at the Electoral Palace
The Federal Horticultural Show Koblenz 2011 has more to offer than fragrant flowers and classical music concerts: the new skate plaza on the BUGA site in front of the Electoral Palace with height difference of up to one metre and various, custom-made concrete skate elements is designed to entertain and challenge skateboarders, BMX riders and in-line skaters alike.
A ball and some space – these are the basic ingredients for play, fun and exercise. It sounds so simple, yet the spatial and creative implementation in the public spaces of a densely populated city is so complex.
11.10.2011 - Minigolf on the multi-storey car park
In the domain of town planning parks, play areas and public places have a large role to play, but there is not always enough space available to accommodate them. This is why in Franconian Zirndorf, the operator of a local leisure park has allowed a minigolf course with a green adventure landscape and play areas made from artificial turf to be created on the roof of the respective multi-storey car park.
11.10.2011 - Desert Playground at the Erratic Block Park
Lusatia is a region rich in contrast, which stretches from the south-eastern part of Brandenburg to the east of Saxony: besides nature reserves, there are huge abandoned quarries, which are transformed into new spaces to explore and experience nature within the framework of one of the largest-scale renaturalization processes in Europe. Successful example: the Nochten Erratic Block Park on the site of the former Nochten open-cast mine not far from the Saxon town of Bautzen.
11.10.2011 - Europe’s Trendiest Outdoor Playground
Area 47, located at the entrance to the Ötz valley where the valley’s Ache and Inn rivers flow together, was created because ski resorts often find it difficult to convince their spoiled patrons to visit during the summer, despite the excellent facilities on offer.
15.12.2011 - Usage analysis of fitness parks in public spaces
Public spaces in Germany have been expanded and upgraded with the addition of fitness parks for the last ten years approximately. As per the conception idea, older adults, sporty people or even younger and mixed age groups who don’t want to be tied to clubs or fitness studios have a wealth of exercise options on offer.
12.03.2012 - Now online – The new Lappset MyDesign! Website
With the MyDesign! Service by Lappset, you will strike gold.
12.03.2012 - A piece of Africa in Dresden
A new giraffe and zebra enclosure has been built at Dresden Zoo. The design was chosen to bring across the animals' origins in a playful way
12.03.2012 - Exercise and mobility in the urban environment 2020
And he keeps a diary in which he records what he encounters when he cycles through large conurbations such as New York, Istanbul and Berlin.
12.03.2012 - Desert Playground at the Erratic Block Park
Lusatia is a region rich in contrast, which stretches from the south-eastern part of Brandenburg to the east of Saxony: besides nature reserves, there are huge abandoned quarries, which are transformed into new spaces to explore and experience nature within the framework of one of the largest-scale renaturalization processes in Europe.
12.03.2012 - First nationwide educational courses for ‘qualified playground testers’
There is finally a nationwide applicable standard with regard to safety in playgrounds.
16.04.2012 - "Together, side by side"
The idea provided by the KuKuK Company from Stuttgart in Germany was found to be equally inspiring by both schools. In addition to the usual range of playground equipment, it also included a special floor modelled into low hills which could be accessed by children with physical impairments.
16.04.2012 - Play without limits
The sensory perception garden at Hagendorn in Switzerland is an outdoor facility designed along remedial pedagogic and sensory theoretical guidelines to help children with multiple disabilities. But it is also more than this in that it offers a varied play and recreation area for everyone.
16.04.2012 - Why not encourage the various generations to play together?
Everywhere in the German-speaking world, the accepted policy for several years has been to promote the construction of so-called multigenerational parks. There is now a multiplicity of relevant suppliers and a wide range of exercise equipment designed for the needs of young adults, the middle-aged and especially for adults over the age of 50 years.
16.04.2012 - The Spacenet Inventors breathe life into the world of rope play equipment
Over the ensuing 40-plus years the Corocord company has become synonymous with on-going innovation in the sphere of rope play equipment made from rope nets.
16.04.2012 - Rope play – a trend?
If you accept the definition of a trend as a general movement over time of a statistically detectable change, then rope play equipment is still in vogue.
16.04.2012 - High quality cable and naturally grown timber posts make play trails safe and stylish
Huck constructs its playground equipment from its specially developed Hercules cable. The cable consists of six twisted, 2.5 mm thick steel strands, each of which is formed from seven individual galvanized wires.
19.04.2012 - Safer Playgrounds with Coca Cola
Playground@Landscape: What are the primary goals of the Fanta Playground Initiative and how will these be realised?
Uwe Kleinert, Chief of Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability for Coca-Cola Germany, Berlin: The main goal of the initiative is to create more space for creative and safe play.
12.06.2012 - Community constable significantly reduces anti-social behaviour through play projects
The MUGA was officially opened on 3 April by PC Banks and Yvette Cooper MP as the second phase of the Knottingley Community Partnership Project.
12.06.2012 - When committed citizens make it happen
"The volunteers have done outstanding work in maintaining the park." says Kimberly Baker, a member of the current “Friends of Pineview Park" association.
12.06.2012 - Urban Landscape in Motion
The Eduard-Wallnöfer-Platz public square in Innsbruck.
12.06.2012 - Experience means making a difference to daily routine
The Ruhrpark is situated to the extreme south of the city of Oberhausen, in the Alstaden district. It provides not only leisure activities for the citizens living in the immediate neighbourhood, but, together with the neighbouring Ruhr water meadows, is also a very popular local leisure destination.
12.06.2012 - Playground with soul
Child-oriented, close to nature, generation-spanning.
12.06.2012 - Sport facility or independent exercising location?
Intergenerational fitness or trim trails are currently a topic of much general interest in the media, at conferences and in public meetings in order to allow the public at large, decision-makers and planners to form their own opinions.
08.08.2012 - Young urban landscapes
While much attention is paid to the needs of children and older people in urban planning procedures, very little notice is taken of the requirements of teenagers and young adults. Identification and integration of these needs provide new opportunities and create tasks for urban planning.
This fitting exclamation came from Stefan Freitag, mayor of the town of Velbert during the opening of the Leisure Park Nordstadt. The conversion of the old, derelict playground and football pitch into an intergenerational leisure park was one of the focus projects within the regional urban renovation programme "Stadtumbau West" in Velbert Nordstadt.
08.08.2012 - Sams is up to something at the Garden Show
From 26.04.2012 to 07.10.2012 the 16th Bavarian Garden Show 2012 will be taking place on the grounds of the former ERBA cotton mill.
17.10.2012 - School playgrounds – schoolyards as public playgrounds
Where can children play in a densely populated town these days anyway?
School playgrounds are generally the only resources that can even be considered as public play areas. The grounds that would be used for play areas – if at all – are expensive and hard to come by, yet there are already alternatives available, which are completely free.
18.10.2012 - Hamburg society builds playgrounds in crisis areas
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, the French oceanographer, once said that “playing is one activity that can’t be taken seriously enough.” The work of the voluntary society alma terra is based upon the same principles. The name of the society translates as ‘bountiful earth’.
04.12.2012 - Playing in the Historical Garden
The historic Steinplatz (stone square) in Leipzig was restored and re-designed.
The innovative design of a landmarked playground and ornamental square in Leipzig was awarded two prizes. The successful addition of modern facilities for playing and recreation sets standards in dealing with user-intensive, historical grounds in the town.
27.02.2013 - “Make three from one” – providing more play options in Nuremburg
Through its “Make three from one” (Aus 1 mach 3) programme, the city of Nuremburg contributes two euros for every donated euro in order to ensure that projects can be accomplished that would otherwise be delayed because of lack of funding. In 2005, for example, this concept proved to be so successful that it was possible to construct a cycle path from the finances raised.
27.02.2013 - Themed playgrounds in Vienna: Planning is everything
When playgrounds are being planned, renovated and redesigned, the users (young people, children) are integrated in the planning process by means of participation projects, so that their interests can be taken into consideration and included.
27.02.2013 - Rainbow strip in Helene Deutsch Park
In a hidden little park in Vienna, colourful module furniture is at once a key element and a space divider, furniture and play equipment.
27.02.2013 - Wiener Wohnen: Facility for all ages on Donaustadt municipal estate
The Alfred-Klinkan-Hof at Donaustadtstrasse 30 is home to a total of 533 flats. Thus more than 1,000 people share the green and open spaces of the municipal apartment complex.
09.04.2013 - How child-friendly is Europe?
Slowly but surely, there has been a decrease in the birth rate in Europe.
09.04.2013 - Early Excellence - The PFH model
The design of outdoor facilities in the Pestalozzi-Fröbel-Haus.
09.04.2013 - Movement from the outset
Children have a natural urge to move around. They jump, climb, balance or test their capabilities in other ways.
09.04.2013 - 3,000 participants at the 8th “Moved Childhood” congress.
(Lower Saxony Institute for Early Childhood Education and Development), has been fully booked for weeks in advance, and is the largest and most renowned event nationwide on the subject of early childhood education and development.
09.04.2013 - Alarming lack of exercise among children
As they get older, however, the amount of vital physical exercise they enjoy decreases.
10.04.2013 - Exercise and early childhood education
By Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Beudels, Prof. Dr. Klaus Fischer and Dr. Janine Stahl-von Zabern