PLAY SPACE EQUITY BY NANCY E. MCCARTHY
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lay is serious business when it comes to healthy child development because it is essential to the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical well-being of children. A playground can be an ideal setting for kids to develop important lifelong skills such as cooperation, overcoming challenges, fostering relationships and creativity, problem-solving, and negotiating with others. Plus, it’s fun! Let’s not forget that. Not all children have a neighborhood playground or live near age- or abilityappropriate play spaces. KABOOM! is a national nonprofit that collaborates with funding partners and local community organizations to build safe, fun play spaces that help kids to thrive. Its goal is to end play space inequity for good. KABOOM! defines play space equity as the ability for every child to have access to incredible places to play.
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Summer 2021 | 585kids.com
