What’s up with Atlanta Public Schools and playgrounds in October? It’s going to be an exciting month if Friday morning’s event at Bethune Elementary was any indication. The school partnered with Atlanta Taskforce on Play (ATOP) and KaBOOM! to present students with the unique Imagination Playground in a BOX — a portable playground where kids can pull out parts and create their own playground figures.
(On Saturday, Oct. 3, KaBOOM! partners with Fickett Elementary for a playground build, and again on Oct. 22 with Peyton Forest for another playground.)
The morning was spent with Bethune Elementary Principal RoseMary Hamer and ATOP founder Cynthia Gentry presenting the box to kindergarten students during a morning break. After opening up the huge green box, they allowed children to run wild, pulling out the blue parts and doing whatever they wanted with them — together in groups and separately. The next thing they knew, the students had created imaginary trees, benches and other toys. Read more after the jump …