A-maze™ Activity Folder

The A-maze™ revolutionary motion panels from Play & Park Structures offer a unique playground structure where children can use their imaginations, create and change the play environment every time they visit the playground. To further enhance the value of this unique playground product, the A-maze™ Activity Folder offers unique, standards-based, guided play activities that link play and learning to a variety of national standards across the curriculum*.

Children can participate in problem solving and physical play as they move the panels and create unique play spaces; then they can participate in customized activities such as obstacles courses, art activities, song games, organized games, and more. Another unique feature of the product and the program is the ability to incorporate loose parts like magnets and laces for a truly novel learning experience that promotes literacy, fine motor skills and cooperative play outdoors. 

Activity Card Features:

• Child-directed Illustrations of Activities
• Two levels of difficulty with additional flexibility, appropriate for a broad age range
• Links to National Standards
• Physical Education Component for Increasing Physical Activity
• Inclusion Strategies for Children of All Abilities 

With the pressures of high stakes testing, hurried lives and obesity in our youth, children need opportunities to be outdoors, to play and learn in a fun and physically active way. They need time to be outside to develop their imaginations and creativity skills. Teachers need effective tools and resources for bringing their indoor classroom activities outdoors. The revolutionary A-maze™ panel system offers a unique playground experience that allows children to create novel play experiences every time they visit the playground. In addition to the traditional physical benefits of outdoor play, the panel system fosters creativity, imagination, and social, emotional and cognitive development. Playground equipment comes alive with fun learning activities that are standards based! Kids can have fun outdoors while meeting important national content standards. A free A-maze™ Activity Folder is provided with every A-maze™ product purchase. To learn more, call 800-727-1907 or visit www.playandpark.com. 

*National Science Education Standards, National Council of the Teachers of Mathematics Standards, NASPE National Standards for Physical Education, National Council for the Social Studies Standards, International Reading Association Standards for the English Language Arts, National Association for the Education of Young Children: Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8. Content areas: reading and language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, physical education and health, and creative arts.