Playground

As a Site Coordinator at an after school program, it is easy for me to share my first hand observations with a vast majority of students. To begin, the layout of the site is not ideal seeing as the program is held in an Elementary school cafeteria. With 30 students enrolled in the program, it is easy for one to believe that chaos is easily accessible. Within the 30 students, ages range from 5 to 12. To avoid the said chaos, there is a lot of structure and a routine that is implemented. For…

from the end of the fourth-period class and took 5 minutes from the beginning of the fifth-period class, thus adding 10 minutes to the lunch period.”(Lounds). Cost wise the Peaceful Playgrounds company supplies many games and activities for kids for $5,000 which is a much cheaper alternative than the $150,000 of playground equipment. Supervision would be another factor in cost but it is being offset greatly by the many nonprofit organizations such as Playworks who provide trained coaches and…

Center’s Mission and Values The purpose of this field observation study was to examine the educational programming of Horizons for Homeless Children (HHC). Horizons was founded in 1988 to improve the lives of Massachusetts homeless children and their families. With this in mind, the stated missions of Horizons is “to improve the lives of young homeless children in Massachusetts and help their families succeed by providing high-quality early education, opportunities for play, and comprehensive…

highchairs, a climb and explore floor toy, and wall posters of infant’s faces eating food. The carpeted play area contained rocking chairs, a white L shaped shelf with soft plastic toys, and a floor to ceiling window providing an unobscured view of the playground.…

The quote above was taken from chapter ten of The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate, “Lula Stirs Up Trouble (But Doesn’t Mean To,)” where the quote is supposed to represent how Travis, Lamar and, Sam Houston are trying to win the affections of Lula Gates. Travis, Lamar and, Sam Houston the whole chapter are, “Displaying their gorgeous plumage and performing strange antics before the females,” A.K.A. Lula trying to get her to pay more attention to them and eliminate the other brothers as possible…

it irresistible to walk down to the sand every day. Walk a few minutes north on the San Clemente Pedestrian Beach trail and you will arrive at the spacious sandy stretch of San Clemente’s North Beach. San Clemente’s North Beach features a small playground equipped with swings, a slide, restrooms, fire pits, and picnic tables. Perfect for a day at the beach with the little ones. This popular beach is also surrounded by lots of great local restaurants and cafes like Kaylani Coffee, Ellie’s Table,…

in Park City, Kentucky, and is surrounded by 743 of forest and recreational areas especially designed to provide a wonderful vacation for adults and children. It has an 18-hole golf course, walking trails and hiking and biking trails as well as a playground, mini golf course, swimming pool and clubhouse, where you will find a billiards or pool table. Close by you will find horseback riding, fishing, a driving range, a fitness center nightclubs and arcade games. RV resort resales give you the…

On Saturday March 1, 1952 was the day that Dorothy Bashore was born. She was born on the second floor of her house in Bernville. Dorothy lived in three houses but they were all Bernville. the one house were called a “haunted house”, it use to be an old hat factory but was changed into a house, They called it haunted because an man killed himself on the third floor. The house had a long hallway on one of the sides was a big room. At the end of the hall up the stairs there was the living…

Eastover is a beautiful small downtown. The city is situated in the heart of Cumberland County of the U.S. state of North Carolina. This town is considered as the cleanest downtown. You can enjoy a long walk on the local streets as the downtown holds countless historical buildings and favorably replicates the results of a widespread revitalization plan. The city is an amazing place to spend some quality time with the family. In ZipQuest - Waterfall & Treetop Adventure, you can enjoy the best…

have grown to understand the severity of it. When I was in elementary I lived in the projects, as I was living there I had a neighbor named Leonel (but everyone called him Leo) he was an awesome person. He always came over and we would go to the playground, but then his father was let go from his job and they couldn’t afford to live in their house anymore. I did not know it at the time, but he had become homeless. A few months after he was evicted I saw his family asking for money on the…