PLAYGROUND TEAM

Rute CoelhoLaura GovoniAna JankovicElder JusovicAgnieszka KubackaGiorgia OlezziJoana Pulido

THE AIM OF OUR TEAM WORK:

FIND ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Is a playground an expression of wishes and needs of the youngest members of society or just adults ideas?

How can adults adapt and respond to children’s needs and interests, how can they encourage kids to explore environment, and their town or city?

How can adults build an education city with children participating in the decision making?

WHAT WE DID:

We were using following methods:

Observation

Interview

Analysing of children drawings.

OBSERVATION

We visited Hulta and Annelundsparken playgrounds:

→ to see their structures

→ to collect some ideas

→ to use them like children.

THE HULTA PLAYGROUND

Playground equipment

Giorgia´s challenge

Rute is climbing

Looong way to go : Aga and Laura

Team is exhausted after five minutes walk…..

Aga is almost falling down

Let´s play………..

Number five move your……….

THE ANNELUNDSPARKEN PLAYGROUND

INTERVIEW

We interviewed a father of two children in the Hulta playground.

• Do you like this playground?

• Do you think this playground is safe for your children?

• Is this playground far from your home? Is it easy to come here?

Father´s interview:

• He loved and enjoyed that place and that it was safe.

• Sometimes his children needed his help to use it. He goes there with his children often and it is close to his house.

• After that, we asked him to translate the following questions to his children:

• “Do you like this playground?”• “What kind of equipment is missing here?”

The older child liked it. He would like a crane to be there and to play

in the sandbox. The other child was too small to talk

THE EXHIBITION IN THE LIBRARY

Children express themselves.

Free expression

Children wants:

• There should be playgrounds with many swings.• There should be many swings, swings for everyone

• There should be a statue of Zlatan because he is best in Sweden. • It should be visible from the highway and be great.

• There should be much more flowers then now. • There should be much more grass and flowers. • There should be more water, like lakes.

• There should be more trees and shrubs. • That makes you feel good.

• There should be more animals. • I would like it to be like a jungle.

• I hope we can have a big slide which is blue or red.

• A football ground would be great, then we can run around and just play.

• And in the winter the football ground can be a hockey ground.

• There should be many fun climbing.

• There should be a jet of water, or a kind of statue who can spray water on all the children. And if we are thirsty the statue will spray cola instead.

• There should be candy trees.

• There should be a cave with ghosts and troll

Model with a troll´s cave

The future city of Borås – many trees and big green space

ANALYZING CHILDREN`S DRAWS

Children are drawing – visit in a preschool

A little girl is drawing

A little child is able to express own ideas

Children drew swings, climbing equipment, swimming pool…

Another child´s design

OUR CONCLUSION

In order to understand children´s point of view and to let their voice be heard in society, adults should come back to their own childhood memories. They should be able to watch the reality with children´s eyes.

In coming future, according to information we got from the teacher Monika

Hammarnäs, a new playground will be build in the city of Borås and children will be asked about it and their opinion will be considered.

THANK YOU FOR TIME AND FOR YOUR ATENTION!