There was a time our children were more physically and mentally active in their play. A look back in recent history sees us growing up in the 70s, 80s and 90’s when exercise for children was much more part of everyday play than it has become today. This is partly due to forces above and beyond your child’s wants and needs to experience play, exercise and the great outdoors. Recent generations have become more used to the constraints society places on children playing freely in open spaces as they once did. Combined with a rise in the use of computers, smartphones and video games by children, children choose to socially interact over the internet with their friends instead of a game of football or another exercise in a local park. As parents, it isn’t above our ability to see our children having fun and exercising outdoors, but it takes a little more planning than the carefree days of the past required.
Look Closer To Home
Although we all loved making dens and playing camp as children, now as parents we like to keep a close eye on our children as they play and ensure their safety. One of the best ways of enabling this is to create a child-friendly play garden in your own home’s garden. Doing so will take away the unknowns of your children playing in unsafe spaces or unsupervised. Careful design can engage your children in a tailored way, giving them all the fun and wonderful exercise in a safe and secure setting. Taking a personal approach to keeping your child mentally and physically active is the surest way of making it happen.
A Play Area
It makes sense to dedicate an area of the garden specifically for play, it also makes sense to incorporate things that can be enjoyed by your child, or children on their own as well as with invited friends. With careful design, even a small garden has the space needed for a child’s climbing frame, this makes a perfect central feature your children will play on over and over again. Its placement can help you define the play area and give it a lot of wow factor from a child’s perspective. When it comes to climbing frames it is important to choose a quality manufacturer like Wickey who knows the importance of good design and quality manufacturing to ensure your children are safe and having the most fun possible.
Let Your Children’s Imagination Run Wild
Part of the fun of outdoor play will always come from a child’s imagination, including features that bring that imagination alive will help your child’s engagement and enthusiasm. One of the best children’s garden features from back in the day does this just as well today as it ever did. A sand pit is a must-have feature of any child-oriented garden space. Giving rise to princess castles or mighty fortresses in the sand provides your child with the freedom of imagination that is often missing from today’s toys that generally follow a theme or branding. Though you will be pleased to hear modern suburban livings need to coexist with the neighbourhoods cats have not been forgotten and sand pit models are now available with purpose-made covers, even covers that when opened form seating for children to sit as they play.
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About Debz Louise
Debz Louise is a UK-based lifestyle expert and the founder of several lifestyle blogs. Specialising in everything from interior design and home renovation to body-positive fashion and parenting, Debz brings a wealth of hands-on experience to every guide. Her mission at Stereotude is to simplify the modern world for her readers through expert curation and fiercely honest advice.