How novel movement patterns benefit brains

Climbing can make us clever. It is an essential and fun developmental activity for children to strengthen motor skills and muscles. Climbing also connects body and mind. Understand how in this white paper.

Download the white paper to get:

  • An understanding of the link between motor skills and cognitive development

  • A description of popular tasks among different age and user groups

  • 5 important features for climbing clever playground equipment

White Paper

Climbing Clever

5 important features

5 Important features for climbing clever units

  1. Presents the opportunity to improve muscle and memory skills.

  2. Gradually offers new physical challenges and pathways to extend play and develop problem-solving skills.

  3. Feature entry points and ground-level activities are accessible to children of all abilities.

  4. Enables the movement and coordination of multiple body parts at once.

  5. Has meeting points and social spaces in the climbing equipment.

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