Originally Posted by Unregistered:
In the process of buying a daycare and the playground is completely empty. Like two little tykes cars and that’s it. There is a fenced in area with sort of old mulch in it. It needs weeding and new mulch and clearly toys and playground equipment. We automatically started looking at climbers. But then started rethinking. Maybe we should do a more natural hands on “center” type of playground. Mud kitchens, music station to bang on pots and pans and pipes, a playhouse, ride on toys area, a place to dig, etc thrown in with a smaller slide and climbing area. Maybe we need to rethink and look into more inspiring and creative areas. Can you show some of you’re playground areas? Looking for inspiration.
I run a small daycare (6 kids) I’ve only been at this a little over a year so I haven’t got around to making my playground area the way I want it yet. There are ton of ideas on what you describe on Pinterest.
I tried to upload a photo of my backyard but it failed twice now so I gave up. It’s pretty modest. Swingset with 3 swings & a babyswing and a big kid slide. Sandbox beneath. A little tykes climber and a child sized picnic table. I have a shed that houses a pack n play for when I have a baby and an exersaucer. Occasionally I’ll throw my current 10.5 month old in those still but most days it’s not needed. In the shed we have adventure toys, bubbles and stuff like that. I also keep a few diapers and wipes for outside changes so we don’t have to run inside if someone poops. Kleenex’s for runny noses, a garbage and stuff like that.