The year 2023 marks 100 years since former Winnetka, Illinois, resident Sebastian Hinton patented his “climbing gym” for children, a playground staple that would later be known as the jungle gym.

2023 marks 100 years since former Winnetka resident Sebastian Hinton patented his “climbing gym” for children, a playground staple that would later be known as the jungle gym. “Almost every child has ...

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In the backyard of the Winnetka Historical Society, behind a fence of manicured hedges, there stands an ancient jungle gym, a monolithic, caramel-color 7-foot tall cube of deliberately spaced sharp ...

Are you unsure what age your child needs to be to play in jungle gyms? Maybe your child is asking to swing from monkey bars or climb up the rock walls, but you aren’t sure if they are ready? Deciding ...

Luxury knows no bounds, even in the realm of children’s playrooms. Luxury designers and dedicated playroom specialists have created sanctuaries with features geared towards kids, like colorful ...

This story starts in the fourth dimension. Or, more specifically, with a British mathematician who, in the late 1800s, was intrigued by the fourth dimension and how to teach disinterested children ...

A jungle gym in the 1970s — a staple of playgrounds all across the U.S. (H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images) This story starts in the fourth dimension. Or, more specifically, with a ...