Even if you have a relatively OK playground, I hope your group will still take the time to give it a spring review. Maintenance and upkeep and upgrades are a frequently overlooked part of making sure your kids have a great, safe place to play. You can make your playground last far longer -- and ensure that your kids have a better environment for those key play times -- with budgeted maintenance or even a selected upgrade or two, as opposed to a full-blown new build.

What should you be looking for when checking the playground? Check out these links to start:

How To Inspect Your Playground

National Program for Playground Safety

We love, love, love school playgrounds. And we love them more when they're safe and tons of fun for the kids. Taking the time for an annual spring playground checkup is well worth the effort.