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| Saturday, September 06, 2008 |
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Swingin' Spots
By alynsen @ 4:28 PM :: 158 Views ::
0 Comments :: General News About Play
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By Amy Joyce
The Washington Post
September 5, 2008
For children, the playground is an adventure. A new experience with magical elements ("Wow! That's the biggest tree in the whole world!" exclaimed one boy recently at a Cabin John park). The seemingly ordinary moments of exploration -- digging, climbing, swinging -- that begin to shape the person that child will become.
For parents, it's an escape from the same old back yard or the confined spaces of a small, yardless city house. Even more: "This is our social life," Beth Scofield said as she sat at a sunny picnic table at Washington's Stanton Park with her friend Cameron Taylor. Both work from home. Both spend parts of their days at the playground. And both, on this sunny Friday morning, had happy kids bouncing from grass to slide to animals on springs.
With hundreds of playgrounds to choose from in Maryland, Virginia and the District, everyone has their favorites. Not a comprehensive list by any means, this is a sampling of several that are worth a look, whether they are in your neighborhood or to be saved for that crisp, fall nothing's-planned Saturday afternoon. [More]
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