Wacky Posts
$167 – $730
Age Group: All Ages
Nature’s Instruments Wacky Posts are irregularly shaped posts hewn from trees with large knots and twists, and encourage creative and dramatic play. With the imagination and creativity of children, these simple posts are transformed into store fronts, forts mazes and frames for leaf or snow forts. This item requires installation.
Please note that only NI-PG-601-02 and NI-PG-601-03 Hardwood Wacky Posts are available outside of Canada. Customers in the USA will receive Wacky Posts with the bark removed.
CAD Drawings
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NI-PG-601-01 Softwood Wacky Post
NI-PG-602-02 Hardwood Wacky Post
NI-PG-602-03 18″ Hardwood Wacky Post
Item Details
This component ships with:
- Wacky Post
- Installation Hardware (NI-PG-601-03 only)
- Installation Instructions
Sensory Processing: Tactile, Visual, Proprioceptive, Vestibular
Motor: Eye-Hand Coordination, Core Strength, Upper Body Strength, Balance, Coordination, Crossing at the Midline, Motor Planning
Cognitive: Problem-Solving, Focus, Attention, Comprehension
Social/Emotional: Parallel, Joint or Cooperative Play, Turn-Taking, Self-Regulation
Communication: Expressive and Receptive Language
These simple, carved posts add so much to a natural playground. This component supports dramatic play, expressive language, gross motor development, social skills and sensory skills. Wacky posts offer nice structural supports for building forts that engage children in working together, problem-solving and expressing themselves. These forts can be carried over into a dramatic play by simply adding natural loose parts or large swaths of fabric, reinforcing children’s creative, expressive and social skills. The wacky posts also offer a tactile experience with contrasting smooth and knotted textures and an irregularly curved shape. Children can also try and climb the posts, an activity that supports the development of core and upper body strength. Adding ropes or slack lines between the posts is another fun and simple way to support balance, core strength, upper body strength, coordination and motor planning.
Age Group: All Ages
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AVAILABILITY: In stock
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AVAILABILITY: In stock
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AVAILABILITY: In stock
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AVAILABILITY: In stock
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AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
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**Please note that all art walls are shipped with a clean slate – it will come pre-painted in green exterior paint. Custom murals like the one shown can be commissioned from our resident artist, Debbe Shannon. Please contact us for details.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: Infant/Toddlers
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AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
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AVAILABILITY: In stock