Tour: Playground

In October, 2005 the Preschool was very fortunate to receive donated money to install the first fully accessible/sensory playground in all of HRM.

All children should have equal access to an outside play facility that is designed with diverse needs in mind. That is the reason we concentrated our efforts to the pursuit of installing the first fully installed wheelchair/sensory enriched playground, which takes in to consideration the diverse needs of our current preschool population, future children, as well as the needs of the community children.

The prepared flooring is wheel chair accessible; pieces of the playground are also wheelchair accessible including the sand box, water table, riding toys. As well, the sensory component of the playground addresses the area of sensory deficiencies in our population of children. Taking the sensory enriched environment that our center is known for and extending it outside addresses another important component lacking in our physical space. Therefore it is not only our children who are physically challenged, but those who have a sensory processing disorder can also benefit from a portion of this playground.

Some of the pieces in this playground include:

• wheelchair accessible rubber ground covering
• accessible sand and water tables
• tactile walls
• sound walls
• sound trees
• chimes

Below are photos showing the children having fun in the playground: