SkyTwister, Sensory

Twisted dichroic tower top

Social-emotional: the soft, bouncy floored-meeting point placed up high adds a feeling of achievement to meeting friends here. The entry supports turn-taking skills and empathy.

Cognitive: the hugely appealing dichroic panels make children wonder about how the colors are created and reflected, which supports thinking skills.

Rollers

Physical: the rolling feel adds body pressure when lying and trains the balance when seated. This impacts physical stability.

Social-emotional: the body pressure of the rolls give a soothing, relaxing feel when lying, and the stimulation when moving invigorates.

Creative: the rollers’ two sidedness and different colors makes possible changing the patters of the rollers, which stimulates creativity.

Tube slide

Physical: sliding develops spatial awareness and a sense of balance. Furthermore, the core muscles are trained when sitting upright going down.

Social-emotional: thrill when going down fast. Empathy stimulated by turn-taking.

Hangout pod

Physical: sitting and lying enjoying the swaying movements stimulate the sense of balance.

Social-emotional: meeting, taking a break is invited. Turn-taking supports the skills necessary to learn how to avoid conflicts.

Ropes with rubber discs

Physical: children develop cross-body coordination and muscle strength when stepping onto the disc and climbing the rope. Their sense of balance is trained when swaying gently. The sense of balance is important for instance for being able to sit still.

Social-emotional: socializing and turn-taking when deciding who should sit here.

Moiré optic panels

Physical: sitting, hanging and leaning on the rope suspended panels train balance and cross-coordination.

Social-emotional: discussing the patterns and reasoning with others about how the patters differ supports negotiating and listening skills, training tolerance and empathy.

Cognitive: wondering about, understanding and explaining the reasons for the pattern occurrence support logical thinking skills.

Embarkment net

Physical: cross coordination and eye-hand coordination are supported when children climb the embarkment net. The climbing also develops leg and arm muscles.

Climbing net

Physical: the net allows for climbing around, which supports motor skills, proprioception and spatial awareness. Children use muscle strength of arms, legs, and core when climbing.