We all like the ship playground in Gorlitzer Park. Dawn noted how its a little bit sunken and encircled by big trees giving it a protected feel. There's also an arc of square stones and a small deck along the edge for parents to sit in the shade. Like most Berlin playgrounds the material underneath is all sand as opposed to wood chips or plastic. It makes it so you can plop down anywhere in the space and start digging and building. Selah likes to play with the pulley and sifter. Here she is making a cake. We found an old, broken, red pail that we used as a sand/sugar sifter.
The central feature of the playground is a big wooden ship. It got me thinking, most of the play vehicles I'd seen were ships. Why? Why not more busses and planes and cars? I think its because ships offer more imaginative play.
- Multiple levels, top deck, low deck, below deck.
- Moving parts
- Its the travel method of fairy tales
- wind and ocean
- tall masts
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