{"id":15433,"date":"2019-05-24T13:32:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=58066"},"modified":"2019-05-24T13:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:32:52","slug":"granby-preschool-playground-upgraded-with-natural-features-new-bike-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/granby-preschool-playground-upgraded-with-natural-features-new-bike-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Granby Preschool playground upgraded with natural features, new bike path"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery\" readability=\"5.7016129032258\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-58066-215\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/DSC_0257-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/DSC_0257-1-1024x681.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | The old playground feature is now joined by natural features, a music wall and surrounded by a bike path.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.84931506849315\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7.6438356164384\">\n<p><strong>The old playground feature is now joined by natural features, a music wall and surrounded by a bike path.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ <a href=\"mailto:mharford@skyhinews.com\">mharford@skyhinews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/DSC_0257-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/DSC_0264-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/DSC_0264-1024x681.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | The Granby Preschool upgraded its playground to include natural features to encourage kids to explore nature and learn outdoor skills.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.3114285714286\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"6.9942857142857\">\n<p><strong>The Granby Preschool upgraded its playground to include natural features to encourage kids to explore nature and learn outdoor skills.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ <a href=\"mailto:mharford@skyhinews.com\">mharford@skyhinews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/DSC_0264-1024x681.jpg\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/DSC_0263-1-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/DSC_0263-1-1024x681.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com | Two of the new natural features at the Granby Preschool playground are stepping stumps and climbing logs.\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-1.2739726027397\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"6.7945205479452\">\n<p><strong>Two of the new natural features at the Granby Preschool playground are stepping stumps and climbing logs.<\/strong><br \/>McKenna Harford \/ <a href=\"mailto:mharford@skyhinews.com\">mharford@skyhinews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.skyhinews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2019\/05\/DSC_0263-1-1024x681.jpg\" alt><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/granby-preschool-playground-upgraded-with-natural-features-new-bike-path\/#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/granby-preschool-playground-upgraded-with-natural-features-new-bike-path\/#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Children at Granby Preschool are getting the chance to explore nature, build outdoor skills and enjoy daily activity without ever having to leave their playground thanks to a recent upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>With grants from the Buell Foundation, Healthy Beginnings and Mountain Parks Electric, the Granby Preschool was able to add natural features, such as stepping stumps and logs to climb and balance on, as well as redoing the bike path to allow more children to ride during recess.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a big push these days doing natural playgrounds for kids because kids are just not exposed to a lot of natural landscapes,\u201d said Rhonda Hill, Granby Preschool director. \u201c(The kids) were so excited, so it\u2019s been really fun. We\u2019re able to have all the bikes out and have all the kids ride safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the benefits of interacting with nature, Hill said the new features are also safer for the children. She hopes to continue improving the playground with more natural shade areas and putting down more grass.<\/p>\n<p>Hill also highlighted the support the project received from Grand County Landscaping and Acord Asphalt.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/news\/granby-preschool-playground-upgraded-with-natural-features-new-bike-path\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Sky-Hi News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The old playground feature is now joined by natural features, a music wall and surrounded by a bike path.McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com The Granby Preschool upgraded its playground to include natural features to encourage kids to explore nature and learn outdoor skills.McKenna Harford \/ mharford@skyhinews.com Two of the new natural features at the Granby Preschool [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15433","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-11 23:51:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KRKY Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15433\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}