Sentences with phrase «public play spaces»

Access to public play spaces often raises very passionate support from parents, but construction can run into numerous difficulties relating to funding, planning permission and location.

My son eats dirt, plays on public play spaces, and he's thankfully a happy, healthy boy.

Not exact matches

Retzler said he also likes to play into the «broken initial public offering space.»

I don't know about other industries but in the real estate space [I play a support role] traditional marketing methods are dying and / or cost prohibitive — print magazines, direct mail, fliers, door hangers etc — I can see why other forms of marketing would be imperative [especially when there is a brand and some form of uniqueness to the product or service] but it's been my experience that the public views real estate peeps as «all the same» and therefor will often choose the 1st one they come across when looking for homes — online.

With jittery public markets, growing interest by large healthcare systems and an increased appetite to make plays in the regulated space (which may demand more resources), the consensus is that we should see more strategic investments and acquisitions and potentially consolidation in the coming year.

If he's still making a mess or having trouble understanding how the process should work, try bringing him to a public restroom where there is a kid - sized urinal (try a library, doctor's office, daycare or play space).

If you would like to bring a friend for $ 10 per child, please visit Saturdays when the Playing and Learning Center is open to the public (space permitting).

Bathrooms were completely renovated and updated, a baby changing room and play area were added to the public space, and a cell phone charging area for public use was installed.

At the public hearing the commission hosted Monday, both sides gave testimony, including Friends of Playground 89, a group that has vehemently opposed any redesign of the longtime play space.

«Prior research has shown that when advertisers played around in spaces like this, it would damage the relationship they had with the public, especially if they did not disclose that they were behind the content,» said the study's lead author, Kaye Sweetser, an associate professor at San Diego State University.

Tsui sets his avoidance dances in confined spaces (tiny apartments, backstage dressing rooms), but To's are set out in the open: a fountain in a public park, a street corner, a sidewalk (a similarly choreographed scene plays out as well early in Romancing in Thin Air, itself a kind of compendium of all of To's romantic comedies, where Sammi Cheng and Louis Koo wander outside the grounds of the hotel, oblivious to each others» presence despite occupying the same film frame).

Key recommendations for government in the report that won API support were: for play to be embedded within a Whole Child Strategy under the aegis of a Cabinet Minister for Children responsible for cross ‑ departmental roll out and co-ordination; for government to require local authorities to prepare children and young people's plans including strategies to address overweight and obesity with its physical, mental and emotional consequences; for funding for play to be ring - fenced within local authority budgets; to address barriers to outdoor play for children of all ages and abilities; to extend the Sport England Primary Spaces and Sport Premium programmes to all schools with a broader scope to incorporate a wide variety of physical literacy activities including play; to communicate through public information campaigns to parents and families the value of active outdoor play, including risk or benefit assessment; and to improve public sector procurement practice for public play provision.

The architects A landscape architect designing a play environment within a public open space today should meet two main criteria: to create something that is visually pleasing that makes the best use of the environment and landscape features that are available; to incorporate features and well - chosen equipment that offers best play value and will make that space inspiring to children and adults alike.

While we don't formally evaluate MathMobs, outside observers — including colleagues from other disciplines — often remark on how impressive it is to create a safe space in which middle schoolers are comfortable playing math games in public for fun.

At a time when physical inactivity poses as big a threat to public health as smoking, it's hugely important that children have time, space and opportunity to be active and schools have a vital part to play.

The right to play is wholly undermined, it says, by: the government's withdrawal of a play policy for England; insufficient provision of spaces and facilities for play and leisure, particularly those accessible to children with disabilities or from disadvantaged communities; a lack of public spaces where teenagers can socialise; and the underfunding of play and leisure policies in the devolved nations.

As a result, 83.4 per cent of respondents believed that more funding should be allocated to public play facilities, and 81 per cent thought there should be more investment in parks and green spaces.

The federal government has a critical investment role to play in 1) supporting the replication and scale - up of the best providers through its grant programs; 2) improving access to low - cost public facilities for charter schools through its own funds and by leveraging existing public - school space; 3) pushing states and local districts toward more equitable funding systems for all public school students, including those in charter schools; and 4) supporting efforts to create early - stage, innovative, and scalable models that incorporate greater uses of learning technology.

If anything, the lack of space made Leach and his staff reevaluate the purpose of the institution, how to serve the public in a variety of ways, and the different ways that education plays a role in the museum.

adventure + has been creating play equipment for the education sector and public spaces for over 30 years.

16 - year - old Alexa gets hands - on experience and leadership skills by collaborating on a play space for kids through Philadelphia's Public Workshop, which promotes community engagement and civic innovation.

At Annie Purl Elementary School, a public school in Georgetown, Texas, the outdoor classroom is a multipurpose space used for play, instruction, making, science experiments, and collaborative activities.

(derived from the Spanish verb jugar, to play), a small NGO that organizes free pop - up playgrounds that use recycled materials in public spaces.

As places to play and learn and as public spaces where people come together, parks are essential to the health of urban communities.

This is a three card monte mix with snake oil.This out right out of the play book to slip Charter Schools into the public schools for space and free rent.You see when Threefifths tells you something, You say I am a trouble maker, Always negative.People wake up.Just like the gentrification vampires are taking over.You got charter school vampires now who will be taking over your school.

In this conversation, Tran Templeton and Professor Genishi discuss the importance of play in the early childhood classroom, and making space for play in the midst of the implementation of Universal Pre-K in the New York City public school system.

Immunity is a shared space, a garden we tend together,» and we have a personal role to play in public health.

We recommend using a secure harness and strap in public spaces and to never allow children or strangers to play with the dog, unless completely trained.

To this end, SHS houses a full - service public veterinary hospital; clean and inviting apartments for adoptable cats, dogs, rabbits and other small animals; classrooms for community education; executive offices; a barn full of country critters; multiple outdoor training and play spaces; and an organic garden.

If it is indeed simply the effects of aging, you can help reduce your dog's anxiety by keeping floors free up clutter, taking more frequent short walks or playing games or food puzzles to increase his mental stimulation, allow him extra space away from strangers or stimulation when in public, keeping a consistent routine so he knows what to expect during the day, and continuing to work with separation training for when you're away (or asleep!).

Using the public space of SCCFM farmers» markets, FSP orchestrates a free event each month in which tastings, talks, music, cooking demonstrations, and family - focused activities spotlight seasonal food items, the vendors growing them, the cooks using them and the cultural and historical role they have played in this region.

A reimagined, enlarged lobby with 2,880 square feet of public space with areas to work, play games, eat or lounge.

The brand is modern and functional, offering social connectivity with reimagined public spaces, including an open lobby comprised of four areas where guests can work, play, lounge, and eat.

The hotel will also feature the brand's signature W XYZSM bar, an atmospheric public space where guests can mix and mingle, read the paper, work on laptops, play a game of pool or grab a drink with friends.

Marriott Hotels & Resorts has been reimagining the guest experience, transforming lobbies and public spaces by designing them for a new generation of business travelers who blend work and play, demand style and substance and desire high tech and high touch.

This stunning landmark hotel, adjacent to the remaining ancient Ming Dynasty City Wall and a five - minute driving to Forbidden City, Tiananmen Square, and Silk Market, 2 - minute walking distance to Jianguomen Subway Station.It is home to 649 elegantly decorated rooms and suites, featuring Marriott's trademark «Revive» New Bedding, connectivity to plug and play iPods and other personal devices.The meeting space comprises of 4,000 square meters which is one of the largest amongst the hotels in Beijing.Wireless high speed Internet is accessible in all public areas and meeting rooms, a pillar-less ballroom that is interchangeable to suit your needs.

Remember always to be alert and stay safe while playing and to be respectful of public spaces when exploring your community.

King Digital Entertainment released Candy Crush Saga in 2012, and if you're in a public space you can look around and probably see someone playing it, or one of its variants, on their phone right now.

12 months in, we will allow the early backers to play the multiplayer space combat Alpha, and then 20 - 22 months in they will get to play the Star Citizen Beta, adventuring around the huge open galaxy, well before the general public.

Head into the Salt Shooter public game space when it launches tomorrow to play SodiumOne and collect new rewards.

Organizers for Come Out & Play, an annual New York City festival where players take part in street games that have them running around and exploring public spaces, will return this June 4th to 6th at Brooklyn's Park Slope and Gowanus Canal neighborhoods (each year's festival takes place in a different neighborhood).

After Dark plays with the museum institution, the public and the private and how our spaces are informed by the conversations within them.

In their first Chelsea exhibition, Serra's Torqued Ellipses felt like a fantastic public space for children to play, and a later exhibition grew more dangerously public, like a maze.

Dividing and subdividing the gallery, this installation both tackles and expands upon two central themes: an architectural play with transparency and concealment as well as an encounter between an intimate and private exhibition space and a strikingly public stage, which places «on view» the visitor's every movement.

Cristina Lina is an artist with an interest in public space and the possibilities of play.

Art in Public Spaces, Centro Cultural España Cordoba, Argentina (2010); The Impossible Community, Moscow Museum of Modern Art (2011); 8 +8 Contemporary International Video Art, 53 Art Museum, Quangzhou (2011); Play!

Febrik, a collaborative platform for participatory art and design research, present an exhibition which unravels the politics of the right to public space and explores relationships between invented, inherited and modified play practices.

With the Casual Art Fair, The Hester Street Fair & LikeMindedObjects aim to play with the context of the contemporary art fair, to create an affordable inclusive space for galleries, project spaces, collectives, and experimental retail projects to gather outdoors in a truly public space and share their most current excitements, artists, and projects.

With the original bush - hammered concrete substituted by foam, RIBA's latest installation alters perceptions of public space and reimagines what it means to play.

Taking a different approach, Nayland Blake, a mainstay at Matthew Marks gallery, returned to his roots with a half - dozen rambling sculptures riffing on gay identity, public space, sex, and the games people play.