Kinetic Climber
“Kinetic” comes from a Greek verb meaning, “to move.” So climb in and let’s move with the ultimate indoor playground! And when you are moving, climbing, jumping and sliding you are energy in motion. In fact, any object in motion possesses kinetic energy. What happens to that energy is a whole different discussion that’s equally fascinating and fun. For now, please show us what you’ve got as you navigate and conquer our Kinetic Climber!
Research has shown that an indoor playground like ours provide a number of benefits to children that play on them including physical, mental, social, sensory awareness and health benefits.
RULES
- Ages 4+
- Adult Supervision Required
- No shoes allowed
- No roughhousing
- Be mindful of young climbers
- Play within your ability
Benefits of Climbing for Children
- Increased lean muscle mass and strength from kids pulling up their body weight.
- Improved fine motor movements from using hand-eye coordination to grasp handholds and wrap their fingers around them.
- Improved gross motor movements as kids scale climbing structures and engage their entire body.
- Sharpened visual perception as kids scout areas to place their hands and feet while climbing.
- Refined speed, coordination, agility, and balance as children climb and continually improve.
- Practicing decision-making skills
- Completing an activity that requires a specific sequence
- Solving low-risk problems
- Visualizing solutions to a challenge
- Improving focus
- Clearing the mind of outside stressors
- Improving both long- and short-term memory and recall
- Gaining confidence in their ability to face challenges
- Learning to cope with fear and stress when working through difficult tasks
- Developing self-reliance as they work to scale a climber on their own
- Learning intrinsic motivation as they choose which obstacles and tasks they want to take on
- Building resilience as they learn to push through temporary discomfort
- Pushing against rungs or footholds to climb
- Stretching to reach the next handhold
- Swinging from one handhold to the next
- Pulling on a handhold to climb
- Increased cardiovascular flow: When kids raise their arms above their heads to reach for a handhold, they can increase cardiovascular flow.
- Increased flexibility: The movement required to climb mimics a natural stretching motion, which can increase flexibility.
- Improved strength: To climb a ladder or rock wall, children must pull themselves up with their hands and arms. This action simultaneously improves their grip, upper body strength, and arm strength.
- Improved coordination: The act of climbing requires coordination between a child’s hands, eyes, arms, legs, and feet. Climbing also works a child’s core, which helps them improve balance both on and off the playground.