At a playground, a child's imagination can transform a wooden beam into a pirate's plank. Swings become rockets to the sky.
Slides are tunnels to the center of the earth.
Playgrounds are places where children have their own little world to learn, explore and make-believe. One of the twisting tube slides at the Reiche School playground, which has six slides, proves a favorite of Dayzha Hawkins, 4. The two were playing circus and performed for a small audience of their fellow campers with Brunswick's summer recreation program. The game involves jumping from one structure to another without touching the ground. Wood chips or bark mulch are becoming more common surfaces for playgrounds instead of soil or asphalt.