When your kids are throwing tantrums and when you see them unhappy and unhealthy, you can bring them to a playground to enjoy, relax and have fun. Children of all ages will be happy when brought to a Toronto indoor playground or outdoor playgrounds. They can spend time climbing, swinging on the monkey bars, balancing on the balance beam, running around with other kids, digging and even interacting and learning from each other in the Toronto indoor playground. A report which was prepared for the Shasta Children and Families First Commission gave a conclusion that playgrounds are important for a child’s emotional, cognitive, social and physical development.
Physical Benefits of Playground
In January 2010, the Surgeon General reported that about one in every three children in the US is obese or overweight and through the years, the number is rising. Toronto indoor playground equipment will get children moving and at the same time have fun. Slides will provide climbing exercise for the child’s legs; bars for arm exercises and shoulders; jungle gyms to strengthen arm, shoulders and legs and all of the equipment together will encourage the child to run from one equipment to another. This will give them a healthy dose of heart-healthy or cardiovascular exercise.
Social Benefits
Another benefit of having kids play at playgrounds is that children can be around each other. A report from the Voice of Play says that both social development and group interaction take place when kids are exposed on the playground. Children learn know how to wait and take turns thereby exercising self-control while waiting for the swing to be free from occupant. They can also observe from each other on the equipments and strike up conversations with friends while on the platform, ramps and bridges on the playground structures. Writing about the history of the various playgrounds by Linnea Anderson explains that advocates of the early playground believed that social interaction happening in playgrounds benefits the country and the society as a whole wherein neighborliness and citizenship is built. Playground is also an opportunity for children to interact with different races and from different economic levels.
Self Confidence Benefits
Parents who have been with their children on the Toronto indoor playground and have seen them navigate the climbing wall or walking up on the rope ladder or wiggling on the rope bridge, they have also seen the very wide smiles on their children as they conquer their fears while on the playground structures and at the same time gain success when mastering them. This sense of accomplishment from children leads to self-confidence and also increases the self-esteem of the children. Playgrounds are equipped with enclosed spaces and tunnels which encourage imaginative game play wherein children are able to experiment with different emotions and learn more about life possibilities. As quoted from Albert Einstein: Play is the highest form of research.
Playing definitely has several benefits for the holistic development of the child. Parents should give their children the freedom to play and be active.