West Hills

Kids will love the peaks and valleys of the West Hills play set. Oftentimes play structures for toddlers and preschoolers can be rather boring, made up of just a deck or two with some stairs and a climber. The West Hills offers activities from climbing to music all over. Starting at the ground level, a BigWheel and Whistle are set next to each other encouraging both parallel play and group play. As children work around the structure, the PlayShells Climber makes up almost another structure next to the main decks. As children walk around, they'll eventually come to the Rock Climber where they can pull themselves up the incline by grabbing handles. On the upper levels, they can hop back down a step to play at the Labyrinth Panel or stay right where they are to bang out a melody for themselves. When they're ready to get back to the ground, they simply have to slide down the DuoChute Slide.

When choosing a playground it is important to consider where the components have come from. Conditioned wood or recycled metal posts are both opportunities to take part in environmental stewardship. Wood was once a staple of playground design, but as time has continued, it has become less common. But, wood and natural materials make for natural learning environments that can be important for children's development. Several teaching methods use nature and natural tools as ways to reach children. On the other hand, the recycled metal used comes from items that would otherwise rust away in dumps. The recycled plastic comes from specifically milk jugs. As Americans, we tend  to drink a large amount of milk every day. This results in millions of used milk contains every year. Even if the play set purchased only uses a few thousand of those milk jugs, its that many more that didn't end up in a landfill. Your playground purchase can be part of the solution that limits waste.

For similar playgrounds with roofs, be sure to check out the Hamlet and the Burrow.