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IMPORTANT LINKS
Learn more about the following individuals, companies, and Associations that support IPA.
IPA WEB SITES
ARGENTINA
AUSTRALIA
CANADA
GERMANY
IRELAND
JAPAN
SCOTLAND
SPAIN
ENGLAND, WALES & NORTHERN IRELAND
WORLDWIDE
UK Article 31 CAMPAIGN
PLAYGROUND DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT
Planet Earth Playscapes - Rusty Keeler - Ithaca, NY -
Designs one of a kind, natural, community-built play environments made from free-flowing grassy hills, trees, sculptures, boulders, herbs and more - all with a variety of sounds, smells, textures and tastes.
Ron King Associates
We work with communities, schools, and children, to develop unique, natural playground designs. Our approach uses a collaborative design process, respects and enhances natural settings, and creates fun play environments using natural features and materials, environmental art, indigenous plants, wildlife habitats, and natural play components and activities that provide both children and parents with a large array of different — and challenging — natural play and learning experiences in beautiful settings. http://www.naturalplaygrounds.com
Sound Play
For nearly two decades, musician-artist-craftsman Bond Anderson and Sound Play have helped people and communities all across America celebrate music, communication and creativity. Sound Play's outdoor musical instruments and playscapes are finely tuned instruments constructed from materials available in most hardware stores and lumber yards. http://www.soundplay.com
Tom Jambor has 20 years of community-built playground experience. A step-by-step process article, site design alternatives, structure drawings, and photos of his work on can be seen on this Bosnia Community Website. http://www.friends-partners.org/bosnia/index.html
PlayForAll - Kate Bishop
Designs play equipment and play environments for children of all abilities, with an emphasis on equipment for children with special needs, between 0 and 16 years of age. http://www.e-bility.com/playforall
Leathers & Associates
Specializes in custom community built playgrounds. www.leathersassociates.com
White Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group
Specializes in the design of indoor and outdoor children's play and learning environments, including discovery play gardens (naturalized playgrounds), child care centers, informal learning environments and edutainment centers. www.whitehutchinson.com
Randy White
White Hutchinson Leisure & Learning Group
4050 Broadway, Suite 215
Kansas City, Missouri 64111-2611 USA
voice: 816.931-1040
fax: 816.756-5058
e-mail:whiteheg@aol.com
OPENspace Research Centre on inclusive access to outdoor environments at the Edinburgh College of Art.
www.openspace.eca.ac.uk
EDUCATION LINKS
Association for Childhood Education International
American College of Sports Medicine
Educational Resource Information Center
Education World
MidContinent Regional Educational Laboratory
National Association for the Education of Young Children
PE Central
Southern Early Childhood Association
The Association for the Study of Play (TASP)
Family TLC
