![]() Creative/imaginative/role play: playhouses, themes, plants, water, sand, bells, chimes, tubes, talk tubes and play panels.Constructive: sand play and tables, water, accessible diggers, textures, play panels, designs on the ground surface.Social: theme play, playhouses, landforms, nets, shelters, tubes, talk tubes and periscopes.Cognitive: theme play, sand tables, play panels, toys for role playing, sensory toys, bright colors and textures.Physical: swings, slides, ramps, climbers, rock climbers, overhead events, spinners, rockers, pathways, landforms, nets, seesaws and tubes.Several “Elements of Play” were identified: The design committee worked closely with the Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association to determine the special needs of disabled kids. In developing the Deicke Discovery Zone playground, a high priority was placed on correcting the imbalance in recreation on behalf of children with disabilities. There’s a baseball diamond, donated by Sun City developer Del Webb, sand volleyball courts, basketball courts, four picnic shelters, an over-sized pond, two playground areas and a log cabin. The park, while small, has over a mile of jogging paths on the perimeter. It’s fitting the park and playground bear the Deicke name. Deicke served as one of the first board members of the park district, remaining an honoree commissioner until his death in 1984. Its main founders, Edwin Deicke and his wife Lois, donated $35,000 to purchase part of Donahue’s Woods, and donated 28 acres to create the park district. Just southeast of the square across Route 47 is the Huntley Park District. Huntley’s slogan is “The friendly village with country charm.” There’s a public square and gazebo Woodstock Street, just west of the square is brick-paved. The older section of Huntley is in keeping with the village vernacular. Fun fact: Woodstock, a neighboring town just 11 miles to the north, stood in for Punxsutawney, Penn. 24,291) is a village about 50 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. ![]()
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