A guide to creating safe yet fun and challenging playgrounds.

Not taking care on playground equipment and ignoring the rules can lead to serious trouble. Safety at the Playground makes learning to take care at the playground fun and easy for young readers.

We accomplish extraordinary things when we do ordinary things together. This heartfelt and hopeful conviction led LSU professor Marybeth Lima to begin the LSU Community Playground Project in an attempt to involve her students in the larger Baton Rouge community. Fifteen years and over seven hundred students later, Building Playgrounds, Engaging Communities tells the story of the Playground Project's ongoing partnership with area public schools to build safe, fun, accessible, kid-designed playgrounds. Lima's experiences with the Playground Project range from outright failures to hard-won victories. Overcoming the challenges of working with scarce resources, Lima persevered despite many setbacks. Her accounts brim with hope, humor, and dedication. Building Playgrounds, Engaging Communities emphasizes the major impact people can have when they work together for the common good -- whether by building playgrounds, establishing neighborhood gardens, or having honest, respectful conversations. To this end, Lima provides an appendix with practical advice for local engagement. People wanting to get involved in their communities can use this book as a road map; those active in long-term endeavors can draw on it for ideas and inspiration.

How can you prevent playground accidents? What clothes can help you stay safe when playing on equipment? Why are soft surfaces important on playgrounds? Look inside to find the answers to these questions and more. By learning a few rules, you can stay safe hand have fun on the playground.

Playgrounds are great places to play with your friends. But if you are not careful, you could get hurt. If you follow the playground safety rules explained in this book, you can have a fun time on all kinds of playgrounds.

Offers a friendly overview of playground safety tips and skills, such as taking turns going down the slide. Vivid photographs and easy-to-read text aid comprehension for early readers. Features include a table of contents, an infographic, fun facts, Making Connections questions, a glossary, and an index. A QR Code in each chapter gives readers access to additional online resources to further their learning. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Cody Koala is an imprint of Pop!, a division of ABDO.

A compelling history, a manifesto, and a manual for change.