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The S13 Educational Board - 4 Seasons is an outdoor educational board about the passing of time. A wheel with 12 months, a ring of seasons, a clock, a weather station and a weekly plan let children set the date and time, mark the weather and plan out the days. It works well in nurseries, schools, therapy practices and public spaces.
Product description
It all starts at the round calendar in the middle of the board. The child turns the pointer to the month of their birthday, then sets the clock to the current time and marks today's weather - three moves, three different measures of time. Why 12 months and 365 days? The Egyptians noticed a year of this length around 3000 BC, Julius Caesar added leap years, and in 1582 Pope Gregory XIII shortened the calendar by 10 days and established the one still in use today. Without a textbook, the principle behind the calendar becomes clear: nature comes back in a repeating rhythm.
Setting the date every day only makes sense if the board can withstand rain, frost and sun. The frame is galvanised and powder-coated, the moving pointers are made of metal that does not rust, and the print is protected by a UV-resistant varnish, so the colours do not fade in the sun. The pointers work without batteries or electricity - the mechanism is as simple as in an old clock. The mounting height is adjustable, so the equipment grows with the group: at one time it stands at the height of a nursery child, at another at that of a pupil. The board works outdoors all year round, winter included, and is covered by a warranty. The manufacturer is EduPlayground, and the board is made in Poland.
Strawberries are in the shops in January, so seasonality is no longer obvious. On the calendar wheel, each month has its own star of nature: strawberries in June, pumpkins in October - the child checks for themselves what is ripening right now.
‘Tomorrow’, ‘next week’, ‘next winter’ are shapeless ideas for a child. The board turns them into things to touch: a turn of the clock hand shows an hour passing, and a turn of the wheel shows a year passing.
After setting the pointer on the weather station, the child stands in front of the group and gives the forecast like a TV presenter. Along the way they practise vocabulary - sunny, cloudy, drizzle - and a short talk in front of an audience.
Four panels measure different things, and the board takes magnets from themed sets.
The panel in the middle of the board is a wheel: the year closes into a circle, and the pointer moves round it field by field and returns to where it started. It is the simplest picture of a cycle - December is not the end, just January's neighbour.
The inner ring of the wheel assigns each month to spring, summer, autumn or winter, and each season has its own colour. Setting the pointer on a month therefore shows two things at once: which month it is and which season.
The classic clock with two hands has disappeared from most homes, replaced by the display on a phone. Here the child sets both hands by hand: the current time, lunchtime, the end of lessons.
The panel on the left of the board gathers the kinds of weather: sun, rain, clouds, snow. The pointer stops at today's, so the daily ritual comes down to a look at the sky and moving one element.
The bottom part of the board shows the order of the days from Monday to Sunday. The child assigns their activities to them and sees that a week is made up of days, and a day of parts - the first step towards planning their own time.
Specification
| Catalogue no. | S13 |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | length: 106 cm | width: 6 cm | adjustable height: 113-152 cm |
| Safety zone | 4.45 x 3.06 m |
| Children's age | from 3 years |
| Material | Steel frame. Print protected by UV-resistant varnish. Moving parts made of stainless steel. Main structural profile made of black steel. |
| Protection | Galvanised, powder-coated frame |
| Colour | Green (RAL 6018) |
| Installation | Galvanised steel anchors L=75 cm, set in the ground and concreted in; bolted connection to the equipment. |
| Safety standard | EN 1176-1 |
| Main category | Educational boards |
| Country of origin | Poland |
| Warranty | 2 years |
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Before it is installed
Before the board goes into the playground, our adviser will help you plan all the technical details. We are with you at every stage of the project, sharing our knowledge and experience so that the equipment serves children as well as possible for many years.
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Urszula Brzóska (Mrs.)
WhatsApp +48 698 728 005u.brzoska@npz.edu.plWrite to me on FacebookHead of Export Department
Customer service office: office@eduplayground.eu
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