What is Smart Play?

Smart playgrounds are compact playgrounds, packed with interactive activities, designed for kids ages 6 months to 12 years old. Smart compact play systems take kids from early crawling exploration to active climbing and social play on up to a challenging course for older children. This line helps span several critical periods of childhood development, making it ideal for childcare, early learning centers, neighborhood playgrounds and schools. Our Smart Play® line is designed to meet kids where they are and engage them in play.

Smart Playground Options

Structures for ages 5 to 12

Volo™ - This play-packed structure soars with fun for everyone. The outer ring of Volo provides more challenging activities in a perpetually flowing loop of climbing and sliding fun. 

Billows® - A thrilling atmospheric adventure with built-in shade that floats above like clouds, encouraging imaginations to soar and kids to enjoy a rich sensory experience. 

Summit™ - Pack up your sense of adventure and get ready to scale this faceted mountaintop while encountering plenty of wild surprises along the way.

BeachComber® - Ride the wild surf on this wavy BeachComber playstructures that creates seaworthy adventures as they sail across, wind their way down, and plop-plop-plop over for hours of nautical fun.

Tree Tops® - Wondrously abstract playstructure that gives kids the sense of exploring among the tree tops. Tree Tops is filled with countless interconnected activities that spark hours of imaginative play and adventure.

Venti – Designed for kids ages 5 to 12, Venti packs 20 exciting activities into its modern design and compact size.

Structures for Ages 2 to 5 Years

Breeze® – Kids ages 2 to 5 can take a hot-air balloon ride to a world filled with imaginative play in this companion playstructure to Billows™.

Sprig®– Introduce budding climbers aged 2 to 5 to the just-right heights of this whimsical Sprig structure that looks like it's sprouting from the earth.

Loft – Handrails on the Loft playstructure lead 2 to 5-year-olds up into a world of imaginary play, with a built-in find-it game, learning activities, lower level clubhouse and so many more interactive elements.

Fire Station – On the Fire Station, kids ages 2 to 5 take control at the wheel, pet Sparky the friendly fire dog or slide down to their next adventure like the object find game.

Market Cafe – Among lots of activities on the Market Cafe, kids ages 2 to 5 can make pictures in the image panel, bing-bong the apple bell and chat about food colors and tastes.

Centre – Playstructure connecting a Loft, Fire Station and Market Cafe with elevated crawl tunnels to create a whole village for kids to explore. Centre is perfect for focusing on the whole-child development of kids ages 2 to 5 in a playful setting.

Cube – The modern, compact playground design of the Cube means lots of activities and plenty of fun for little explorers.

Motion – Packing 16 activities into a compact space including a race car/roller track, the whimsical Motion playstructure keeps kids ages 2 to 5 entertained in a safe, developmentally appropriate way.

Structures for Ages 6 to 23 Months

Nook – Designed for kids ages 6 to 23 months, the 20 interactive components of the Nook playstructure; prompt adult-child conversations and support whole-child learning across key developmental domains.

Smart Play Benefits

The compact size of Smart Play structures means they require less space and surfacing materials than typical playgrounds, resulting in a lower-total investment. That makes Smart Play structures ideal for tight spaces and tight budgets.

Our line of smart playgrounds are more than commercial playground playhouses. The 6 to 23 month and 2 to 5 year structures were created specifically for toddlers and preschoolers to help build their senses, and motor and cognitive skills through play. 

Developed with guidance from the National Head Start Association and Too Small to Fail, our smart playgrounds can prompt adult-child conversations and support child learning across key developmental domains. They include literacy, math, science, nature, social-emotional development, nutrition and physical activity. When adults and children play together, language-rich interactions can support children’s early brain and language development.

These preconfigured playgrounds also encourage imaginative pretend play, which has been linked to children’s language development, social competence and self-regulation abilities. When children pretend to be firefighters, chefs or store clerks they are actively experimenting with social roles and learning to cooperate and compromise with peers. This type of early childhood interaction helps develop social cues by practicing eye contact, using different tones and emotions.

In addition to our Smart Play structures for toddlers and preschoolers, we also offer play structures specifically designed for 5 to 12 year-olds. These compact playgrounds contain nets, slides, belts and climbers that promote physical development and strategic thinking, while also creating hangouts where kids can take a break and connect with others.