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
Stools and tables cut from fallen logs, and built for those up to 12 years of age, allow children the chance to play together or alone and create opportunities for outdoor learning. There are 3 different sizes of activity table available.
This item requires installation. Please note: The stump seating is not included with the table and must be purchased separately. This product is now available outside of Canada.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: Infant/Toddlers
Perfect for infant and toddler playgrounds, the Log Tunnel is made from a solid hardwood log and ships at a 30″-36″ diameter at a length of 30″-36″. We offer a public and private installation versions of this component. Larger tunnels are available as a custom item, please contact us for pricing information.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
One of our most popular products, our milled log bench sits flush with the ground and offers a fantastic organic seating and play option for young and old alike. Milled for a flush, stable surface.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
Log clusters are a unique feature that can act as a retaining wall, a path border, a gathering space, and a physical challenge all at once. Built from natural hardwood logs, log clusters offer versatile play opportunities that range from balancing and leaping, to gathering as a team, to quiet exploration of the shapes and textures of the logs. For maximum play value, combine your log cluster with a hill and diverse woody shrubs. Choose from some of our sample layouts or make your own combination choices of our four versions to create something unique for your space!
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
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AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: School Age
This pine cabinet is designed to hold programming materials for educators, and is a great storage piece for all spaces. Never get lost inside deep storage again. This is a great way to have your programming materials right next to the area of programming to save time when prepping activities. Children can easily access the materials and you do not have to worry about loosing sight of them. Ask us about our different curriculum cabinet options, Outdoor Classrom, Sand Play, Dramatic Play and Gardening!
AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: Preschool
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AVAILABILITY: In stock
Age Group: All Ages
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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: Infant/Toddlers
This movable component is a great way to use your vertical spaces. No Installation required! Great for all ages.
AVAILABILITY: In stock
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AVAILABILITY: In stock