White paper
Climbing activates tween girls
How to increase tween girls' physical activity
According to the WHO - a devastating 85% of tween girls are inactive. This PhD study sought to examine how playground equipment can help activate tween girls and improve the rates of physical actiity.
In the study, 150 tween girls were monitored on school playgrounds. The data convincingly posits that tween girls are in fact very active when presented with the right play activities.
Download the whitepaper or watch Thea Toft Amholt discuss her full PhD project about Motivating Playgrounds.
4 considerations for activating tween girls on playgrounds
Consider tween girls as a special target group when designing playgrounds
Consider climbing equipment: Spacenets, MOMENTS structures, timber climbing trail playgrounds, playground rope nets and GALAXY structures
Challenge the tween girls with equipment that is high off the ground
Consider 'chill' areas such as platforms
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