Essex Environmental Center- Roseland, NJ

Essex Environmental Center is located on 621 Eagle Rock Avenue, Roseland, NJ.

From their website: ” The Essex County Environmental Center is located in the western section of Essex County at West Essex Park. West Essex Park is 1,360 acres of wetlands preserve which remains almost entirely undeveloped. It stretches along six miles of the

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Cameron Field- Mead Street, South Orange, NJ

Cameron Field is located right across The Baird in South Orange (5 Mead Street).

We parked right by the tennis courts and walked across the soccer field to get to the playground set in the back.

This playground is a bit aged, but it was a fun one to visit with its many ramps, climbing

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Liberty Science Center for the Pre-schoolers

Liberty Science Center is located on 222 Jersey City Boulevard Jersey City, (GPS users may need to use old address 251 Phillip St. to get there).

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For driving directions, check out their website here.

We recently visited this place with some friends with our young ones, ages

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Mommy & Me “Move It” Event

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Join us and our co-sponsor NJ Kids on the Go at the Parsippany PAL (Police Athletic League)

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Cutie Patooties, Englewood NJ

***UPDATE****- Cutie Patooties has closed its doors at their current location, however to find out where they will reopen, check out their still active facebook page here. (You can also show your support too, it was a great space):

From Dec, 2012: “Cutie Patooties Play Space: We have not found a permanent location yet,

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Beyond Playgrounds- 100 Days of School!

Hello NJ Playground Fans!

If you are like me, we are nearing the 100th day of school, and the kids have projects due this week. Post your pictures on our Facebook Fan Page, and we will add them here too.

I’ll share what we did for my kindergartener. Grandma had found a huge supply of

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Sledding in NJ, Exploring the Parks, Schools and other Locations

Looking for stuff to do in the winter weather? We’ve compiled a great post about our favorite winter spots as well as very helpful links from other sites that give you some great tips on what to do this season!

Today we focus on sledding spots in NJ!

Note: Locations below are designated sledding

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