The House Slide is a favorite playground activity that attracts children to act and play in a thrilling way. The House Slide delights children and encourages them to be brave and enthusiastic on the playground for hours of fun and active play. When children slide, they train their core muscles, sitting upright while sliding down. This stimulates their trunk stability, important for avoiding back and neck pains – a growing problem in children due to sedentary lifestyles. Sliding additionally develops the child's sense of balance and spatial understanding. These skills are important in navigating the world securely. They are the foundation of all motor skills and thus a foundation in physical confidence in the child. The house theme adds imagination to the climb and functions as a story-telling prop, supporting language development and practice.
Play value is the value gained from play, the value that makes the child “want” or developmentally “need” to undertake the activity and thus gives the play item holding power. Play value can be described very precisely in developmental terms, looking into the human physical, cognitive, social and emotional developmental stages.
sliding develops spatial awareness and a sense of balance. Furthermore, the core muscles are trained when sitting upright going down.
empathy stimulated by turn-taking.
young children develop their understanding of space, speed and distances when sliding down quickly.
climbing the stairs supports cross coordination as well as arm and leg muscles.
room for active breaks and adult helpers.
suggests a theme and supports dramatic play, which stimulates language and communication skills.
Length
8' 0"
Width
1' 10"
Height
4' 8"
The House Slide is a favorite playground activity that attracts children to act and play in a thrilling way. The House Slide delights children and encourages them to be brave and enthusiastic on the playground for hours of fun and active play. When children slide, they train their core muscles, sitting upright while sliding down. This stimulates their trunk stability, important for avoiding back and neck pains – a growing problem in children due to sedentary lifestyles. Sliding additionally develops the child's sense of balance and spatial understanding. These skills are important in navigating the world securely. They are the foundation of all motor skills and thus a foundation in physical confidence in the child. The house theme adds imagination to the climb and functions as a story-telling prop, supporting language development and practice.
This product, Treehouse Slide (MSC5402), is provided by KOMPAN United States.
Panels of 19mm EcoCore™. EcoCore™ is a highly durable, eco friendly material, which is not only recyclable after use, but also consists of a core produced from 100% recycled material.
The steel surfaces are hot-dip galvanized inside and outside with lead-free zinc. The galvanization has excellent corrosion resistance in outside environments and requires minimal maintenance.
Steps are made of HPL with a thickness of 17,8mm with a very high wearing strength and a unique KOMPAN nonskid surface texture.
The slide bed can be chosen in different materials: Straight molded PE or stainless steel slide bed t=2mm. Sides of the slides are made of EcoCore™.
Our product and sustainability data validation help customers make informed sustainable buying choices based on methods validated by Bureau Veritas.
MSC540201-3417P
164.84
Total CO₂ emission (kg CO₂e)
2.06
CO₂e/kg (kg CO₂e/kg)
57.06%
Recycled materials
The overall framework applied for these factors is the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), which quantifies "environmental information on the life cycle of a product and enables comparisons between products fulfilling the same function" (ISO, 2006). This follows the structure and applies a Life-Cycle Assessment approach to the entire Product stage from raw material through manufacturing (A1-A3).
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