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Take The Early Learning Standards Outdoors
With The Adventurous Child Stepping Pods
Stepping Pods Area:
51” W ×174” L × 24” H
Fall Zone Area Recommended:
18' W × 30' L
Stepping Pods Pricing:
$795.00 (plus shipping)
Stepping Pods
While crossing the Playground Stepping Pods, a child’s brain, eyes and feet all have to work in accordance with one another to move from lower pods to higher pods and back, and to step from a small object to another small object. Children will enjoy using the stepping pods in dramatic play activities, such as pretending to trek across a creek or maneuver through a burning forest. Older children may use the Playground Stepping Pods as a place to sit and socialize.
Set includes (5) pods; each pod has a 16 inch diameter surface and should be spaced 10 inches to 11 inches apart. The pods are three different heights: (2) are 8 inches high, (2) are 16 inches high and (1) is 24 inches high.
CPSC Guidelines recommend that all play equipment have a resilient fall surface
Discover what children are learning when they use the Stepping Pods.
Click on a tab below to read about Early Learning Standards by subject.
- Use new vocabulary learned from experiences.
- Use trial and error to solve a simple problem.
- Identify first and last.
- Follow along and imitate patterns of sounds and movements.
- Reproduce patterns of sound and movement.
- Use “on” and “off” to indicate where things are in space.
- Use the words “here” or “there” to indicate where things are in space.
- Follow instructions to place an object “here” or “there.”
- Follow instructions to place an object “beside” or “next to” something.
- Follow instructions to place an object “between” two things.
- See a simple task through to completion.
- Talk about the fact that everything has a shape.
- Observe shapes and look for objects that are the same shape.
- Gain a natural sense of the forces of nature…things falling (gravity).
- Describe how the physical environment affects the living environment.
- Perform locomotor and non-locomotor skills at a basic level.
- Perform stability skills alone and/or with a partner.
- Identify and use a variety of spatial relationships with objects (e.g., the child will move self and/or object over, under, beside, and through as directed by an adult).
- Apply movement concepts to specific movement situations (e.g., bend knees to soften the landing and avoid obstacles in the path).
- Exhibit self-confidence while participating in movement activities.
- Participate in a variety of gross/fine motor and sensory activities.
- Attempt novel gross/fine motor and sensory activities.
- Demonstrate a determination to develop skills through repetitive practice.
- Participate actively in games, outdoor play, and other forms of exercise that enhance physical fitness.
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- Follow simple directions.
- Respond positively to options rather than commands.
- By age four, compromise, share and take turns.
- Make choices after considering alternatives.
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