- Ben Shaffer & Associates
A family run business in Lake Hopatcong, this company has been around since 1921 and they offer commercial park and playground equipment for
schools, day care centers, and all commercial applications. The do playgrounds, safety surfacing, site amenties, bleachers, sports, goals & nets and
shelters & shade. Contact them at 973-663-2021 or sales@benshaffer.com.
- KaBoom!
A national organization that supports communities and businesses to build much needed, safe and accessible playgrounds. They have a ton of great
content on their web-site and a cool "playspace finder" that you can use to find playgrounds as you travel across the country! www.kaboom.org
- Boundless Playgrounds
A Nonprofit organization which works with communities to develop playgrounds accessible by all children, with or without disabilities. Their web-site
includes a list of playgrounds available which are truly "boundless" There are more than 150 Boundless Playgrounds open in 28 states and two
Canadian provinces. You can learn more about how to work with them to create a boundless playground near you. Again, a lot of great information and
resources at their web-site. www.boundlessplaygrounds.org
- A really cool blog run by another playground fanatic Mom who travels to NJ playgrounds and takes beautiful pictures and writes them all up! She's also
including some more information on indoor playgrounds and play spaces and has some fun giveaways and other content of interest.
- NJ State Parks
There are some gorgeous state parks in NJ! Check out their web-site for really good detailed information. Many feature lakes and beaches, camping,
fishing, sports and lots of other family friendly activity. What a great inexpensive and local vacation!
Get in some exercise!
- Watch this instructional video from our friends at ReThink Fitness to get some ideas on how you can sneak in a workout while taking the kids to the
playground too! Talk about multi-tasking...You Tube Playground Workout
Some links to helpful web-site s and articles we've seen on the subject.
Article on playground safety from PBS.
Parents.com article on playground etiquette
Second Chance Toys
The mission of this organization is to redistribute plastic toys that usually clog up landfills and never bio-degrade. They accept gently used plastic toys
that are clean and in good working order. They then wrap them and re-distribute them to kids in need. www.secondchancetoys.org
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Q. Why did the chicken
cross the playground?
A. To get to the other slide!
Download our playground
bingo game for your next
playground trip or group
play date. We did it recently
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year olds busy for at least
45 minutes!!!
cross the playground?
A. To get to the other slide!
- Naomi, age 3
Download our playground
bingo game for your next
playground trip or group
play date. We did it recently
and it kept a group of 3-5
year olds busy for at least
45 minutes!!!
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