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A world of wonder & thrilling climbing

Touching, feeling, seeing. The Sensory Dome is a wondrous sensory playscape that combines thrilling climbing with numerous sensory play explorations. It is designed to allow children to genuinely play together across all levels and abilities.

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Thrilling climbing & chilling meeting

The huge nets are suspended vertically and horizontally to allow for thrilling clinbs with meeting points for chilling. The age-appropriate training of muscles and motor skills when crawling, climbing and navigating through the net-scapes of the Sensory Dome provides children with important play benefits such as strength, stability and confidence in moving.

On the very top of the Dome, a grassy-surface meeting point offers a bouncy, fun-to-touch space to rest. On ground level, varied nets sway when children climb above, creating playful movement and a sense of unity among friends. The transparency of the Sensory Dome makes it a play unit for intense cooperation, consideration and communication across levels and activities. On ground level, every activity is accessible and makes sense for all abilities.

Components

Highest quality ropes

Galvanized steel frame

Corocord aluminium clamps

Corocord aluminium clamps are used as connectors between steel posts and ropes. Two aluminium castings are screwed together. The height of the clamps is variable.

Sensory and physical play explorations

Sense of touch

Sense of movement

A swaying, blue loop is suspended in the nets and reflects the movements of the friends climbing the nets above. It is also a spot for social interaction.

Optical illusion

Sense of touch & body pressure

Logical thinking

Designed to support inclusiveness

The Sensory Dome is meticulously designed to promote play for all abilities. The inside of the net structure is designed to provide passage for children in wheelchairs or children who need support from a caregiver with pathways and extra large zones to turn a wheelchair around.

On ground level, varied nets sway when children climb above, creating playful movement and a sense of unified play. The transparency of the Sensory Dome makes it a play space for intense cooperation, consideration and communication across levels and activities. On ground level, every activity is accessible and makes sense for all abilities.

Research

The why, what and how of sensory play

Learn more about the benefits of sensory play in the research by KOMPAN Play Institute.

The Sensory Dome features a rich variety of novel play activities that intrigue, retain and develop children of all abilities in play. This makes the Sensory Dome a uniquely intense play space to wonder, feel, move and make friends.

Jeanette Fich Jespersen, Head of KOMPAN Play Institute

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