It is the nature of children to love playing. Whether in a bustling metropolis or a quiet suburban corner, playgrounds, as places designed specifically for children, can not only bring endless fun to children, but also allow them to exercise various abilities while playing. While strengthening their bodies, they can also learn the skills of dealing with people, which is of great significance to the growth of children.
Why do children like playgrounds?
1. Provide novel and stimulating sensory experience
Playgrounds are usually designed with a variety of amusement facilities, coupled with strong and rich color matching, which brings children a strong visual impact and freshness. Children are naturally curious and like to try all kinds of new things, especially the roller coasters, Ferris wheels, carousels and other facilities in large playgrounds, which immediately attracted the attention and curiosity of children. The desire for adventure makes children have a special liking for playgrounds.
2. The atmosphere is relaxed and full of joy
Playgrounds are not only a place for children to make friends and interact, but also a gathering place for sharing happiness and enjoying life. Here, children can play to their heart's content without restraint or restrictions. They can release stress in this safe environment and enjoy a happy time. This relaxed and happy feeling is also very beneficial to the physical and mental health of children. While enriching their life experience, it can also help them get rid of the troubles in daily study and life and adjust their state.
3. Children like independence
In the process of growing up, children will also yearn for free time and make their own decisions, and the playground just provides such an opportunity. Whether playing in a group or alone, each child can decide what to do and what to play. Some of the amusement facilities in the playground are also challenging. When children try and pass these facilities alone, they can experience the sense of accomplishment of overcoming difficulties and the satisfaction brought by adventure. These emotions can also inspire their self-confidence and courage, which has a driving effect on their personal growth.
4. Release nature and promote all-round development
The playground full of laughter is a "dream park" specially built for children. It is not only a place to provide happiness, but also a magical space for children to release their nature, use their imagination and create to their heart's content. In the playground, children can temporarily forget the pressure and constraints of study and life, enjoy the free time, and let the mind get the purest release. More importantly, through playing in the playground, children can improve their emotional intelligence, exercise their thinking, learn social skills, make friends, and truly achieve comprehensive development in multiple dimensions.
Benefits of playgrounds for children
1. Promote physical development and enhance physical fitness
Playgrounds are often equipped with various interactive entertainment facilities. In addition to leisure and relaxation, playgrounds are also an excellent place for children to exercise. Popular playground equipment such as slides, swings, and climbing frames can not only help children complete the daily required amount of exercise, but also make children gradually like physical exercise while playing, laying the foundation for an active lifestyle in the future.
At the same time, playgrounds can also keep children in a healthy body. Through playing in the playground, children's coordination, balance, agility, and muscle strength can be well exercised, and basic exercises such as running, jumping, squatting, etc. can also further improve children's cardiopulmonary function, thereby comprehensively enhancing their physical fitness.
2. Provide more opportunities for social interaction
The playground is an important place for children to make new friends and engage in social interaction. When children meet and connect with other friends in the playground, it is also the beginning of their learning and social activities. There are usually some facilities for collective games in the playground, such as relay races, teamwork climbing, etc. These activities can not only cultivate children's teamwork spirit and collaboration ability, but also enhance children's sense of collective honor. Through social interaction with people of different ages and different groups, children can also learn to listen to others' opinions in practice, improve communication skills, and then learn to understand and respect others, establish a sense of responsibility, and enhance their social skills.
3. Stimulate children's imagination and creativity
Different playgrounds have different styles, and different elements can also provide children with endless imagination space. Children play not only existing facilities such as slides and swings in the playground. If you approach and listen to their conversations, it is not difficult to find that they are also playing various interesting fictional games.
Children are naturally imaginative. They can give full play to their imagination according to the existing conditions such as the grass and sand pool in the playground, and build a strong sense of self according to their preferences to create their own stories and roles. When they begin to try different ideas and identities, they are also experiencing different social roles. Children cultivate innovative thinking, develop their brains, and create a new world in games.
4. Promote cognitive development and release children's energy
There is no playground without play, so the playground is the main battlefield for children's outdoor learning. In the playground, children can take risks conditionally, perceive the external environment through exploration, and at the same time exercise their creativity, decision-making and judgment. Adequate outdoor sports can even improve children's memory and concentration.
When children play in the playground, they can also release stress and vent their emotions. They experience the joys, sorrows, anger and joys brought by every environment in life by feeling the external environment with their whole body and mind, mobilizing all their senses to understand and experience the world.
5. Provide new experiences, enhance confidence and self-esteem
Children need to constantly try new things to enhance their confidence and self-esteem. Different playgrounds can provide different environments, and every attempt of children is a great opportunity to exercise themselves. Some challenging projects in the playground, such as rock climbing, high-altitude swings, etc., can allow them to feel the joy of success in the experience, enhance their self-confidence and courage. By constantly challenging themselves, children can also learn to face failure and setbacks, and cultivate a brave, tenacious and tenacious spirit.
Social games on the playground can also build children's self-esteem. When they meet and make new friends in the playground, they will gain a sense of belonging and tolerance. When children are welcomed or tolerate others, their self-image will also be improved, and unconsciously, the children's interpersonal skills will also be enhanced.
6. Make education more interesting
Most playgrounds are outdoor venues. Their openness and inclusiveness provide children of different ages with an opportunity to play together. Whether playing alone or in a team, they can get a new learning and life experience here, allowing children to learn while playing and play while learning, so as to continuously improve their "soft skills" and potential, and truly realize the educational significance of combining education with entertainment.
