Old Metal Playground Equipment

After 10 15 years used school playground equipment is typically retired to a warehouse of central storing facility to be recycled sold or disposed of.

Old metal playground equipment.

Oct 5 2013 explore megan hurst s board old playground equipment followed by 121 people on pinterest. Paint children s playground equipment with lead free paint to prevent lead poisoning. Playgrounds and playground equipment enable children of all ages and abilities to have vital opportunities to accelerate social motor emotional and cognitive development. It s funny how we ever survived this long.

Contact your local school district to see if they have any used playground slides or swing sets to sell. Why have metal slides always been so popular over the decades. Benefits of metal slides for playgrounds. Children s metal playground sets are typically constructed of galvanized steel to prevent rusting.

Research has demonstrated again and again that children who do not engage in free play in their first six years tend to face a lifetime of limited brain power. Take average children brimful of the primal instinct to develop through play provide for them proper playgrounds fitted with modern playground equipment. By the 1950s there were metal slides for sale all over america. See more ideas about playground playground equipment childhood memories.

And tomorrow they will step forth vigorous healthy clear thinking men and women to make the world a better place. This old school playground equipment will do all that by tomorrow. At least generation x has pictures to prove the dangers we faced every day during recess. Although many of these distributors have transitioned to plastic or other material companies like american playground still manufacture and sell metal slides today.

A lot of the old playground equipment wasn t safe but after getting knock in the head a time or two we learned really quick about safety. Remember when recess was fun and maybe a little dangerous with this look at forgotten playground favorites including monkey bars merry go rounds and more. Old vintage playground equipment has all but disappeared. Vintage metal slide old slide on a playground lexington oklahoma playground fall 2011.

Pop abides 10 years ago i was reading a news story the other day where a kid fell off of a sliding board and banged his head they sued the school.