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Child's play: 10 ways to design sprayparks kids love-it's not what you might think.
Larry Duxbury wasn't sold on sprayparks, but, then, he saw the kids reactions. I guess I liked the idea in the beginning, but I wasn't totally sold on it ... until I saw it in use," says Duxbury, chief engineer of the dinosaur spraypark in Drumheller, Alberta, Canada.
As more leisure pools add sprayparks to their offerings, it's a scene being repeated over and over across the continent.
For adults, the appeal of sprayparks is reduced maintenance and lower supervisory and liability costs. Designing them is as simple as searching through an endless supply of catalogs and picking some fun-looking water toys.
For youngsters, the appeal is just pure fun--if the park is designed properly.
Despite conventional wisdom, it takes more than a few jets and gizmos to make a spraypark children will love. It takes something even more difficult to find: the ability to see the world through the eyes of a child.
Here are 10 ways to think like a kid--and design sprayparks they'll love:
1 Keep them learning
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