Children with different ways of thinking and learning can struggle with playground social rules. They can also have difficulty using equipment properly, waiting patiently, or taking turns. Seeing your child struggle when you yearn for them to have fun can be heartbreaking. We also understand that playtime should be the best time of all. That’s […]
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Parents enjoy days in the sun, listening to the sound of laughter as kids swing and climb the days away in their favorite playground. To parents, playgrounds are a great resource for fun and activity, but for kids they are an important part of childhood development. Exactly why are playgrounds important for kids? Experts Weigh […]
Morgantown, West Virginia…they don’t call it Mountaineer Country for nothing! The largest city in north central West Virginia, Morgantown is located in the Appalachian mountains. Although the city itself is hilly, the area surrounding Morgantown is mountainous. The Coopers Rock State Forest features elevations between 2,000 and 2,400 feet above sea level. The beautiful and […]
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In his famous anthem Country Roads, 70s singer/songwriter John Denver called West Virginia “almost Heaven.” And if you’ve ever driven through this heavily forested corner of the United States, whose Monongahela National Forest spans nearly one million acres across 10 counties, chances are good that you’d agree. West Virginia is one of America’s most beautiful […]
In recent months, during the Governor’s Stay-at-Home order, we have enjoyed putting together a list of some of our favorite playgrounds in the Maryland area from the comfort and safety of our home office. In fact, looking ahead to the day when we could get out again and have some fun at these local play […]
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All Kids love to swing, slide, spin, and imagine— and playgrounds give them the perfect stage for that. Fortunately, Maryland has some top-notch, innovative play spaces to visit and explore as a family. Unfortunately, we’ve been unable to enjoy these great— and largely free— activities recently due to closures forced by the ongoing pandemic. As […]
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Metro Recreation is proud to partner with Miracle Recreational Products, offering customers in Maryland, West Virginia and Washington, DC a wide variety of playground and recreational products. Since 1927, Miracle has been enriching the lives of children with the most extensive collection of indoor and outdoor equipment in the play industry. We offer the most […]
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As we navigate this unprecedented time of social isolation, the days of loading the kids into the car in search of some of Maryland’s best playgrounds feels long ago and far away. Eventually, however, the distancing measures will relax, and we will be able to slather on the sunscreen, fire up the GPS, and hit […]
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Imagine your favorite playground when you were a kid. For many of us, that mental picture includes playground equipment such as monkey bars, wooden swings, a couple of seesaws, a precariously tall metal slide, and maybe a hopscotch grid spray-painted on a concrete pad. Limited though these playgrounds might have been, most of us […]
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Playgrounds provide a safe place for children to use their boundless energy, and interact and have fun with their peers. As importantly, a well-designed playground gives kids an invaluable learning environment where they can develop their physical, social, emotional, and cognitive skills. If what pioneering educator Maria Montessori famously said, that “Play is the work […]
