Monkey Bar Magic

As a kid, I spent a great deal of time just hanging around the school monkey bars. Like most primary school girls at the time, I had callouses at the base of my fingers on my palms.

So today, I was quite pleased when my Preschooler showed me how she could hang and bring her legs up between her hands and hang. A fellow kinder had showed her how to it.

There were big smiles.

I was keen to show her other tricks but exercised restraint. Because I still clearly remember the many hours I spent under the bars, I do not underestimate power of the peer and the value of peer teaching on the monkey bars.

The photo above is an example of the set up at the kindergarten. There were two trestles like this one with a monkey ladder across them for hanging etc. I love the climbing wall.

This combination along with a set of parallel bars would be a perfect set up for any small backyard.