How To Play Slides Correctly And Safely

Outdoor playground equipment are integrated sports equipment. During playing the slides, children need firm will and confidence, which can develop their spirit of courage. And when kids slide down from the slide, they can enjoy the happiness of success. Slide is one kind of children’s sport equipment, can be commonly seen in kindergarten or children amusement parks, generally suit for kids from age 3 to 12 years old. There are also slides for special use, such as to save lives. 

1.To promote baby’s tactile development, baby can have different tactile experience when playing a variety of slide. 2. Baby gets his initial experience about speed through slides. Different lengths, slopes of slide can bring different speed experience to baby. Most of the baby’s initial experience comes from playing slide. 3. Activate coordination, enhance body control. During the process of playing slides, baby needs to master their balance and speed, which can activate their body coordination skills. 4. Promote sports development. Playing slides often, the baby can have very good balance ability, and good balance ability is the basis of athletic ability. 

Methods of playing slides 1. Slide down with the help of adults. When baby can sit independently, parents can bring the baby to play slide. Dad or mom holds baby sitting on the slide, hands on the baby’s armpit and sliding down from the ramp. After several times experience, parents only need to put the baby on the top of slide, and mom crouch at the lower end of the slide, dad standing next to the slide nursing the baby, let the baby slide down himself. 2. When the baby is able to walk unsteadily, parents can take the baby to play low and gentle slide. Mon hands on the baby armpit, help the baby to climb to the top of the slide, encourage the baby to slide down himself.  3. The baby play the slide independently. When the baby can play tall slides, let the baby climbing to the slide himself, and then slide down. 4. Play with companions together. Parents can take the baby to children’s park, to play the slide together with a small partner, guide the baby to communicate with companion actively, and train baby’s humility quality. 

How to play slide for different ages of baby For the baby among 8 months and 1 year old, they just can play the low indoor slide. Since this time the baby don’t have good balance ability, parents should protect the baby all the way during the process of sliding down. For the baby from age 1 to 2 years old, the baby can play a small slope straight slide under the protection of the parents, and let the baby to learn the rules of the slide. For the baby from 2 to 3 years old, try to let the baby play a small slide himself, to guide the baby to control speed by holding and loosening the slide, and feel how to maintain balance and the body friction. For the baby among 3 to 4 years old, let the baby try to play large slide and spiral slide, to exercise the baby’s body coordination. And can let the baby to climb on the smooth slope of the slide to enhance his limbs strength, also coordination of the hands and feet. 

Safety dressing when playing the slide 1. Clothes can’t be be too thin or too thick. Because some surface of the slide is not so smooth, it may scratch the baby if the cloth is too thin. Thick clothes will affect the baby’s action, nor safe during the climbing process. 2. Don’t dress the clothes with a rope or hard things, brooch and so on. The clothes with a rope may cause baby choking if hook into the railing when playing, and the clothes with hard things like big buttons will make the baby pressed injuries. Other things like brooch or pin can’t be put on the clothes when playing the slide.