For any type of customer
Workshops and Training:
Let Kids Play offers 1 hour to full day training sessions on such topics as:
Mara Kaplan also presents a moving and motivational speech about her journey as a parent with a
child with special needs.
All workshops & speeches are customized for you
Click here for a list of places where Mara has spoken.
Workshops and Training:
Let Kids Play offers 1 hour to full day training sessions on such topics as:
- The importance of unstructured play
- Going beyond "the ramp" when designing accessible playgrounds
- Proving excellent customer services to people of all abilities
- Planning a playground from scratch
- Selecting and adapting Toys for Children with Special Needs
- Universal Design
- Nature Playground
- Volunteer Recruitment
Mara Kaplan also presents a moving and motivational speech about her journey as a parent with a
child with special needs.
All workshops & speeches are customized for you
Click here for a list of places where Mara has spoken.
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Our Services
Let Kids Play believes that every child has the right to play, for it is through play that
children learn and development. Therefore, we work with a variety of types of
customers to ensure that children have carefully designed play
environments,programs, and toys. That the parent can easily find the resources they
need and that the staff they meet along the way are well trained.
Manufactures:
Product Development:
Let Kids Play is available to provide feedback on products designed for children with and without
disabilities. Let Kids Play has worked closely with a playground manufacturer in helping them
design a new line. Mara has evaluated products in use, reviewed prototypes, and arranged focus
groups to provide input.
Branding:
Let us review your literature and website. We can find ways to make your product appeal to new
markets through different language and images.
Retail and On-line Toy Stores:
Inventory Review:
Let Kids Play review your inventory and make recommendations on new toys and how to position
your existing merchandise to attract the special needs market.
Staff Training:
It is a warm, welcoming and knowledgeable staff that can make or break a toy. Make sure that your
staff is knowledgeable about disabilities, knows which toys will fit the needs of the customer, and
feels comfortable around people with disabilities.
Marketing and Social Media:
Let Kids Play can make sure your website is disability friendly and that a parent who is raising a child
with a disability finds the toy they are looking for, provide content on inclusive play and specific toys for
your blog or Facebook page?
children learn and development. Therefore, we work with a variety of types of
customers to ensure that children have carefully designed play
environments,programs, and toys. That the parent can easily find the resources they
need and that the staff they meet along the way are well trained.
Manufactures:
Product Development:
Let Kids Play is available to provide feedback on products designed for children with and without
disabilities. Let Kids Play has worked closely with a playground manufacturer in helping them
design a new line. Mara has evaluated products in use, reviewed prototypes, and arranged focus
groups to provide input.
Branding:
Let us review your literature and website. We can find ways to make your product appeal to new
markets through different language and images.
Retail and On-line Toy Stores:
Inventory Review:
Let Kids Play review your inventory and make recommendations on new toys and how to position
your existing merchandise to attract the special needs market.
Staff Training:
It is a warm, welcoming and knowledgeable staff that can make or break a toy. Make sure that your
staff is knowledgeable about disabilities, knows which toys will fit the needs of the customer, and
feels comfortable around people with disabilities.
Marketing and Social Media:
Let Kids Play can make sure your website is disability friendly and that a parent who is raising a child
with a disability finds the toy they are looking for, provide content on inclusive play and specific toys for
your blog or Facebook page?
Parks and Recreation Departments, non-profits, and Children's Museums
Universal Design Assessments:
Whether it is your home, a municipality, the parks and recreation department, a children's museum Let
Kids Play will come and give you an assessment of everything you are doing right and make
suggestions of how you can improve. We can assess just one facility or your entire recreational
offerings. At the completion of your assessment, you will receive a complete report that provides both
easy simple solutions that can be implemented inexpensively and quickly and suggestions that can be
built into your long-term capital plans. It is often much easier to raise money for your long-term projects
with the documentation provided by Let Kids Play.
Designing Play Environments
Mara Kaplan provides expert advice in designing inclusive play environments both indoors and
outdoors from her unique perspective as both an educator and a parent of a child with a disability. Mara
Kaplan has over sixteen years of experience in creating and operating accessible play environments.
Let Kids Play’s consulting services include playspace design consulting, playground planning and
project management. Let Kids Play can also help write business plans, develop a fundraising plan,
and write grants.
Parents and Family Members
Designing home environments
Let Kids Play knows that one of the first places a child plays is at home. That is why our services
includes designing your child's playroom, your backyard, or a sensory room.
Personal Shopping:
Let Kids Play can help you find the perfect gift for a child in your life who is living with or without a
disability.in your life We arrange a time for a phone consultation. Mara will ask you questions about
your child's likes, strengths, limitations and needs. We will also talk about your child's current favorite
toys and what toys he loved earlier in his life. You will then receive a list of 10-15 toys that we know your
child will love.
Universal Design Assessments:
Whether it is your home, a municipality, the parks and recreation department, a children's museum Let
Kids Play will come and give you an assessment of everything you are doing right and make
suggestions of how you can improve. We can assess just one facility or your entire recreational
offerings. At the completion of your assessment, you will receive a complete report that provides both
easy simple solutions that can be implemented inexpensively and quickly and suggestions that can be
built into your long-term capital plans. It is often much easier to raise money for your long-term projects
with the documentation provided by Let Kids Play.
Designing Play Environments
Mara Kaplan provides expert advice in designing inclusive play environments both indoors and
outdoors from her unique perspective as both an educator and a parent of a child with a disability. Mara
Kaplan has over sixteen years of experience in creating and operating accessible play environments.
Let Kids Play’s consulting services include playspace design consulting, playground planning and
project management. Let Kids Play can also help write business plans, develop a fundraising plan,
and write grants.
Parents and Family Members
Designing home environments
Let Kids Play knows that one of the first places a child plays is at home. That is why our services
includes designing your child's playroom, your backyard, or a sensory room.
Personal Shopping:
Let Kids Play can help you find the perfect gift for a child in your life who is living with or without a
disability.in your life We arrange a time for a phone consultation. Mara will ask you questions about
your child's likes, strengths, limitations and needs. We will also talk about your child's current favorite
toys and what toys he loved earlier in his life. You will then receive a list of 10-15 toys that we know your
child will love.
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