Dissociation is needed for playing on the monkey bars. This is because to successfully power grasp the monkey bars one’s arms need to dissociate from their body. When moving or swinging to the next bar the arms must reach outwards away from the body. Endurance is also needed.  Endurance can be defined as doing something difficult for a long time. To play on the monkey bars one must be able to hold onto the bars and not let go for a very long time.

 When I first observed this play space I had a heavy focus on the ADA accessible features and social/cognitive aspects of the children who would play there. Now in my second observation I can connect these social/cognitive ideas to Parten’s aspects of play to theorize how they may actually utilize the playground equipment. Furthermore the most stark difference in what I observed the second time is now I can see the features of the play space and think about what motor skills are needed. For example looking at the slide I now think that a child would need postural control to be able to play on it. Furthermore when looking at equipment such as the monkey bars, rope on the swings,  and rope ladder I now can consider what kind of grasp patterns a child needs to have to use them. I shifted away from making broad guesses about how children use this space and now can back it up with evidence such as the different aspects of play and stages in fine/gross motor development.