1. Robinson playground = balancing the
children with educational support - handicrafts and play
in summer and winter - Robi against cell phone gaming
addiction - training social behavior - ask the supervisor
Robinson playgrounds are
-- an important balance for the children with playing
outside on small and large devices, and in winter inside at
the game table with a variety of board games
-- a Robi is a great stimulation for all children if the
parents have no time to play at home or no money for lots of
toys, or if the children have become addicted to playing
killer games on their cell phones: Here children learn new
games or variations that children teach to the new children
- without cell phone
-- with educational support
-- Here the children's social behavior is trained - and
conspicuous children with persistently negative social
behavior are discovered, the parents are informed and
measures are initiated, if necessary ADHD is treated
(naturopaths, homeopaths, therapeutic eurhythmia, adjusting
diet, reducing neglect, reducing cell phone addiction, etc.)
-- Here children can ask the carers what they can't ask at
home or if their parents don't have time
-- Especially in families where the parents fail
(separation, father not there, drinkers, drunkards,
aggressive mothers, one-sided life with TV, stadium, holiday
home, etc.) the carers of a Robi become important reference
persons in childhood between 7 and 11 years.
You can see: a Robinson playground has little to do with the
novel "Robinson Cruse" about a sailor who spends 28 years
alone on an island. It is an island FOR THE CHILDREN with
caretakers - a kind of family supplement, for some children
even a substitute family for stability and a family feeling.
2. Crafting and working in Robi
Robinson playgrounds included
-- always crafts and handicrafts where boys and girls can
develop their OWN ideas and their manual and coloring
talents on an equal basis
-- In winter the Robinson playground remains open, here you
can play indoors, but also do handicrafts and crafts, the
children never get bored on a Robi, even in winter
-- Some Robinson playgrounds even organize work weeks with
special materials from the construction store (for example:
Robi Bachgraben in Basel)
-- A Robi also teaches the children about recycling,
by-products are turned into art with cones, yoghurt cups,
egg cartons, toothpicks, trouser buttons, plastic beads and
hot glue etc. (this is standard in every Robi)
3. Animals in the Robi
-- Small animals are often kept in enclosures, which the
children can pet or feed in order to establish contact with
the animal world
-- Rabbits, chickens, small pigs (examples: Robi Binningen
near Basel, Robi Birsfelden near Basel)
4. Language acquisition - parents in the Robi - free time
for the parents when the child is in the Robi
A Robinson playground is invaluable
-- for foreign-speaking children for language acquisition in
order to develop the courage to speak in another language
than their mother tongue
-- On some Robinson playgrounds the presence of parents is
permitted on certain days, which is ideal for children who
are learning a language, and also in other ways so that
parents can get to know each other and support each other
(e.g. at Robi Binningen near Basel on Sunday)
-- Other Robis have a parents' room where the parents are
"locked in" but are still present in case of emergency (Robi
Augarten in Rheinfelden, Switzerland)
-- If the children can be confident on the Robinson
playground without their parents, this short free time for
the parents is of a high value.
5. Robinson playgrounds: modest house buildings - painted
like a small circus - self-built huts - sports field, play
equipment
-- A Robi consists of one-story, modest houses, and usually
also has many small huts or circus wagons, often colorfully
painted with motifs like in a small circus, with the huts
being built by the children themselves with the carers - a
trampoline on the Robi is actually standard, along with
slides and wooden horses
-- Robis often also have a small sports field, a vehicle
park with go cards and similar children's vehicles
6. Not every Robi is the same
-- Not every Robi is the same: Some have a metal workshop
(Augarten Rheinfelden), others a blacksmith shop
(Binningen), others a large area with a labyrinth and many
small huts (Therwil), others have a large sports field with
2 basket baskets that are set lower for children (Therwil),
others have several slides (Therwil, Binningen), others a
ship (Therwil), others a small cable car for swinging
(Muttenz), others have a few go cards (Therwil, Augarten
Rheinfelden), in Muttenz near Basel (Switzerland) a
miniature train runs through the Robi every now and then
(they have a website with the timetable), etc. etc.
-- Families are organized in the Robi, where excursions or
holiday camps are organized (Muttenz)
7. Theater and festivals in the Robi
-- A Robi can also become a party hut on a daily basis;
children organize their children's birthday parties here,
and young people in groups also organize cooking sessions or
bake desserts
-- A children's theater with a stage is also possible, etc.,
etc., with a tuned piano you can even have musical
performances in the Robi (Muttenz)
-- A Robi is also a place where games or toys are sometimes
given away, and children's clothes can also be exchanged (it
would be brilliant if every Robi would have a children's
clothes secondhand shop)
8. The opening times vary in some cases
-- The opening times are usually different, so you have to
be well informed, go there yourself, you have to do it once
and then you have the list of Robis in the region to make
children's hearts happy
-- It's great when one or two Robis in a region are also
open on Sundays (Binningen, but it's closed on Saturdays).
SCANDAL 01: The rich elite often refuse financing a cheap
Robi - but the elite always have money for motorways
In many regions of the world there are NO Robinson
playgrounds. That's a VERY pity, because...
-- Then the children lose an experience with other children
-- Then ADHD or other behavioral problems remain undetected
in some children
-- Then foreign-speaking children cannot practice and expand
the language on the Robi
-- Then the child's circle of friends remains limited to
school, courses and holiday acquaintances
-- Above all, the leaders of the Robis are then no longer a
support in the children's lives, who in some cases are
extremely important for the children - it's a shame.
The world's elite are saving money in the WRONG place.
In the Basel region, people seem to have recognized the
value of Robis, but in the Upper Basel area (Oberbaselbiet),
for example, apparently not. Search for Robinson playground
on Google maps.
There is still no money for Robis or therapeutic farms in
many regions. But motorways are being built (e.g. in the
Upper Basel region). There is really something missing for
the children - the Robi daycare center (Robinson playground)
for balancing the children's souls.
SCANDAL 02: Most teachers do NOT know what a Robinson
playground is!
And there is another bad thing: the teachers of primary
schools often DON'T even know what a Robi is because it is
NOT included in the teaching program of the teacher training
colleges (!). The important, regulating effect of the
Robinson playgrounds is still NOT RECOGNIZED by the
teacher's colleges or is simply SUBMITTED. Something should
finally change - in the name of ALL children.
SCANDAL03: The Robis are missing from the city maps!
Robis may also be mentioned on city maps. And where a Robi
is located aside a motorway, you can also put a roof over
the motorway (Muttenz). Clean air is a human right, and
especially a child’s right. On the roof, sports fields can
be installed.
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