Parents...This One's For You

Here's a picture of the parking lot right in front of the Kindergarten  Playground. Notice anything different?

How about if we move in a little closer?

Here's an old picture for those of you who might be stumped...

The gate is GONE!

This opens up approximately twenty parking spaces. Twenty! Anyone who has tried to find a parking space afterschool will know how much this small change is going to improve our lives on a daily basis. However, some of you may be thinking: What about lost playground space? What about FOURSQUARE?!?

Foursquare will be relocated to this area:

As you can see, there is still A LOT of blacktop space. And we know how much the kids love foursquare,  so will be sure to add the boxes over here. Part of our goal is to find creative ways to open up more playground space--not take it away--but the parking problem really needed to be addressed. It was a simple, cost-effective solution.

Speaking of new play spaces, here's how the new wooded area looks now:

A few teachers will be spreading out the chips this week. Our hope is to add a few natural playground ideas out here. One idea we have is to build a slide into this hill:

Over the coming weeks, take a few moments to see this new wooded area--it's really beautiful.