ABSTRACT
Many people involved in children's play share an ultimate goal, no matter what their discipline, their area of play work, or their relationship with children. The goal is to improve children's play environments and to increase the quantity and quality of children's play opportunities and positive play experiences. Physical fitness involves activities and equipment that develop the large muscles of the body in the arms, legs, neck, torso and heart. The development of an inquiring mind requires as much exercise as developing the body muscles. Children take the initiative when they feel good about themselves. They search for new experiences and emotional satisfaction. Children need opportunities that bring them together, that give them something to do together, to laugh about, to exchange ideas about, and that will give them practice interacting on a social level. 'Creative playground' is a term used in North America to differentiate it from an adventure playground.
