Kindergarten PLayground

A safer, more joyful, and more creative space for our youngest learners

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Why?

Kindergarten is often a child’s first experience of school. Here at Friends of Pine Forest, we know that play is essential for learning, regulation, and social development

Right now, the space doesn’t reflect the care we have for our kids. Our kindergarten playground should be a place of imagination, safety, and joy.

We believe our children deserve something more beautiful.

The vision

Fresh grass & clover for soft, natural play

Refreshed wood chip areas for safety and durability

Simple, creative structures built from reclaimed and natural materials

Spaces for imagination, movement, and exploration

How we’re doing it

This project is rooted in community.

Many of the improvements will be built by hand, using donated and reclaimed materials wherever possible.

Your support goes directly toward materials, safety improvements, and long-term sustainability.

How you can help

$25 – Helps cover grass and clover seed for play areas

$50 – Provides wood chips for safer landings

$100 – Supplies materials for creative sensory play

$250 – Contributes to our outdoor stage area

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the playground now

  • Not enough shade

  • Lots of dirt (and mud)

  • Old play equipment

  • Bland and unimaginative

A purple round table with a hole in the center, outdoors on a ground of dirt and fallen leaves, with trees and greenery in the background.
Colorful playground with slides and climbing structures surrounded by tall trees, a small building in the background, and a clear blue sky.
A playground area with a wooden playhouse, a slide, picnic tables, and a sandbox with trees and a building in the background.
A school building with a green and beige exterior, surrounded by trees, under a partly cloudy sky.
A playground area surrounded by trees with a small shed on the left, a slide, picnic tables, a children's tricycle, and potted plants along the building on the right.

The progress

A group of young children gathered around an outdoor table, playing chess with a young girl with rainbow-striped sleeves.
A backyard garden area with trees, a house, colorful wind catchers, a hopscotch game, and children's play furniture.
Colorful sidewalk painting of a flower with numbered leaves from 2 to 10, and petals at the top.

We spent some fantastic days in the sun right before the end of the school year renovating parts of the playground. The students LOVED it!

School playground with shade sail, trees, play equipment, and benches.
A playground area with a yellow slide and sandbox, partially covered with a multicolored umbrella, in front of a modern building with large windows, with a dirt pathway and construction work in progress.

summer derailment

Over the summer, the district had to do some plumbing work… right across the kindergarten playground.

A building with white walls and teal accents, surrounded by trees, with some dirt and a sidewalk in the foreground.

So we are starting almost from scratch once again. But we want to make this a great space for our youngest learners!

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Construction site with an excavator, digging earth near a tree and a playground with a slide, amidst a green environment.