NPR

Inside the weird and delightful origins of the jungle gym, which just turned 100

This story starts in the fourth dimension. Or, more specifically, with a British mathematician who, in the late 1800s, was intrigued by the fourth dimension and how to teach disinterested children ...
NPR

A beloved piece of playground equipment — the jungle gym — turns 100 years old

A beloved piece of playground equipment is turning 100 years old. The history of the jungle gym and monkey bars is full of weird and and delightful twists, spanning from Japan to suburban Chicago. A ...
nerdist

Cool Dad Makes a Massive Dinosaur Playground for His Kids

Break out the “World’s Best Dad” trophies, because this one deserves a trophy and more. Matthew Cosman, dad and engineer, took the idea of jungle gym and ran with it. Via Geekologie, he built a ...
Houston Public Media

Inside the weird and delightful origins of the jungle gym, which just turned 100

A jungle gym in the 1970s — a staple of playgrounds all across the U.S. (H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images) This story starts in the fourth dimension. Or, more specifically, with a ...