Here is a fun project I did last year at my sons’ elementary school – a Mud Kitchen for the Kindergarten playground – yay! It was Covid time and the Kindergarten teachers had cracked the code and overcame previous barriers to spending lots of time...
Here’s one of my larger projects—teaming up with the San Antonio Zoo as they created their amazing play-based nature preschool The Will Smith Zoo School! It’s got a gigantic sand and water area, huge veggie garden, boulders, “challenge hill”,...
The Autism Nature Trail (The ANT) at Letchworth State Park is a first-of-its-kind experience in nature designed for visitors on the autism spectrum and with a range of abilities—and also appropriate and enjoyable for all abilities and ages. This project was a true joy...
What fun! After skipping a year because of Covid I reconvened with a favorite local Ithaca elementary school to build “phase 2” of their outdoor classroom project. The first year was conceptually designing areas of their woods with an enthusiastic...
Mercy Cares for Kids Playscape in the heart of Community This childcare center one part of a large charitable organization run by Catholic nuns – the “Sisters of Mercy”. The childcare center sits beside a hospital, a small college, and a retirement...
Toddler Playscape Cherokee Tribal Childcare Center – Cherokee, NC Cultural Inspiration Here we created both a small protected infant area and a large free-flowing toddler “discovery” park. Many features were added to introduce the traditional...