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I am a special needs teacher of preschool children with autism. My school has about 120 children at the current site. Our school is the early childhood school for our county.  We have 2 inclusive 4-k classes and 1 inclusive kindergarten class. There are 10 classes of preschoolers with special ....

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Hello Phoenix! On behalf of the Boomer Training Team, I must tell you that we're excited to meet each of you on October 10th! We have a fun and dynamic Workshop Entirely on Play just for you. This one day training will be brief (there is no playground build the following day) but memorable. You'....

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 Can kids play on the same day as Build?
 
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Can kids play on the same day as Build?
Posted: 08 Mar 07 1:23 PM
I am part of Brownsville Elementary's team, along with Dana (ds3boys), and I was wondering, do any of the playsystems allow for same-day play?  i.e. we have talked with Landscape Structures, and it seems they can do a post-in-concrete build day.   Some of the things that have concrete poured on the build day, such as the slide footings, can't be played on, but it sounded as though some of the structures could be played on the same day?  I'm just wondering if I understood them correctly, and are there any other companies that allow for the same-day play?  We are just thinking it will be nice for the volunteers to have that satisfaction of seeing their kids get on the equipment after all their hard work. 
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Re: Can kids play on the same day as Build?
Posted: 08 Mar 07 3:30 PM

I asked a project manager who wandered by. She said that probably your best option would be to pour the concrete and set up the posts a couple of days before the build. Let the concrete set before you bolt all of the pieces on. She said your installers will like that, too since it allows them to make all of the posts plumb before you add the extra weight of the equiment on.

She also said be careful of quickset concrete. If nothing else, it's really expensive.

I can't speak to other equipment options. Has anyone else found a solution?

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Re: Can kids play on the same day as Build?
Posted: 31 Jul 07 9:21 PM

Setting the posts ahead of time can by risky, though.  Most of those playground pieces fit within 1/8" so the posts have to be PERFECTLY placed in order to work correctly on Build Day.  And then you would have to keep kids off slides, climbers, and basically any equipment that comes off the deck. 

Maybe a better option would be to plan an Opening Day? Maybe 2-3 days after you build (or maybe the next Saturday), you could have a "Day at the Park" with food, music & celebration! That way, everyone can get on the playground & enjoy, without worrying about who's playing on what! And just like it's a great moment to turn the last bolt and be able to play, it's a GREAT moment when those kids (or adults!) finally get to pull the caution tape off the playground & enjoy!

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Re: Can kids play on the same day as Build?
Posted: 06 Aug 07 12:36 PM
Hello! We just did our build a little over a month ago and our two wonderful project managers told us to wait at least two days before you hold a grand opening ceremony where the kids can run onto the playground to play. Our build was on a Wednesday and they were playing it up on Friday. Its for safety purposes. The kids waited this long ... plus it builds up even more anticipation to play on it! =o)
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