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Music as Medicine: Combating PTSD with Music & Music Therapy
This White Paper will explore how music and music therapy are being employed to facilitate healing; in particular how veterans and other...

Miracle Playsystems
24 min read


Adding Value to our Communities
If this last year has taught us anything, it's understanding how much we need human contact and socialization. We didn't realize we...

Shana Friesen
4 min read


All About Inclusive Design
Defining the terms Accessible, Inclusive, All Abilities, Playground For All with resources to help you design your next inclusive playground

Shana Friesen
6 min read


Introducing Miracle Museum!
Introducing Miracle Museum, a new way for children to play their way through a sensory playground of fantastical experiences. The...

Shana Friesen
3 min read


Music Matters: The Importance of Music Education
Being exposed to music from a young age, particularly within a school or nursery setting, has been proven to encourage team work, self...

Miracle Playsystems
11 min read


Beating the Drum for Equality-The Benefits of Music for Those with Disabilities & Special Needs
Actively engaging with musical instruments has been proven to ‘induce multiple responses – physiological, movement, mood, emotional,

Miracle Playsystems
14 min read


Where Do You Want To Play This Summer?
Ahhhhhh.....Summertime! It's quite possibly a child's favorite time of the year. School is out, no more waking up early, no more test...

Shana Friesen
7 min read


Encouraging Seniors to Connect, Create and Contribute
Every May the entire month is dedicated to celebrating our seniors with Older Americans Month. This year the theme is Connect, Create,...

Shana Friesen
3 min read


Sensory Processing Awareness
Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD) is a framework first described by occupational therapist, A. Jean Ayres, PhD, in the 1970s. It refers...

Shana Friesen
7 min read


Back to School – Time for Improvements!
It’s a parent’s favorite time of the year, the kids are back at school! Kids all over the country are back in the classroom learning new...

Shana Friesen
4 min read


Inclusive Play for Deaf-Blind Awareness
Playgrounds should be fun for all children but having a good time can be more difficult for those with special needs. Most playgrounds do...

Shana Friesen
4 min read


Designers Top Choices to Help Create Extraordinary Places
When deciding on play equipment to add to your park design do you ever think “Outside the Playbox”? It’s sometimes easy to forget...

Shana Friesen
5 min read


Playgrounds aren’t just for kids anymore!
“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing” ~ George Bernard Shaw Older Americans month is...

Shana Friesen
3 min read


Autism Awareness In Our Playgrounds
Autism awareness month aims to bring awareness to the challenges that people with Autism face every day as well as promoting acceptance...

Shana Friesen
8 min read


March is Music in our Schools Month
March has been officially designated by the National Association for Music Education (NAfME) for the observance of Music in Our Schools...

Shana Friesen
6 min read


Art of Play
This time of year we like to share our thoughts about those things we are thankful for. As playground designers we are thankful for the...

Miracle Playsystems
3 min read


Creating Playful Places
Creating a successful play environment goes beyond just the play structure itself. We try to create special places for people to enjoy,...

Miracle Playsystems
4 min read
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