Active Sidewalks: How Sidewalk Chalk Art Can Promote Play In Your School
As schools emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, communities are recognizing the need to continue to provide safe, versatile, and inexpensive ways to offer more outdoor fitness options for kids. Active Sidewalks, in conjunction with sidewalk chalk art and Reusable Stencils, have emerged as the perfect...
Fit and Fun Playscapes Launches Website Page Dedicated To Education Grants
Here at Fit and Fun Playscapes, we understand the challenges schools face in funding physical activity and/or sensory equipment. Often times, budgets are tight and resources constrained - especially in urban or rural districts where public education funding is particularly tight. That's why we...
Letter From Pamela Gunther, Founder/CEO of Fit and Fun Playscapes
A LETTER FROM PAMELA GUNTHER, FOUNDER/CEO I am so happy to launch our first newsletter! This was something that we planned for some time, and well, it didn't seem like the time was right while we were in the heat of dealing with COVID. Our goal for this newsletter was to focus on the amazing...
The Challenges (And Surprising Benefits!) Of Attending A Virtual Conference During A Pandemic
2020 was a difficult year for educational conference attendance, no doubt, but what about 2021? As vaccines start to roll out and the world begins to return to whatever the new normal is, how has the convention experience for educators changed? What are some of the challenges organizers faced...
Year In Review 2020
YEAR IN REVIEW 2020
A Time To Be Thankful - Thanksgiving 2020
Every year during the holidays, we reflect on what we're thankful for here at Fit and Fun Playscapes by looking back throughout the year and examining what awesome stuff we did. This year, despite the ongoing pandemic, we've got a ton to be thankful for and, hopefully, a lot to look forward to in...
Motor Sensory Activity Stations And You: Providing The Most Exercise For Your Buck!
Motor Sensory Activity Stations And You: Providing The Most Exercise For Your Buck!
Completing a Scout Project During a Pandemic
For Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, the Eagle and Gold Award, respectively, are the highest rank achievable in scouting and require dozens of hours to complete. The culmination of these prestigious award programs is the "project," if you will -- where a Scout has to identify an issue or need in their...