Materials

Primary Pathway Materials

Materials, Pathways
Two children play chase on a tinted concrete primary pathway.
A curvy concrete pathway at Montessori Children's School, Jacksonville, NC.
This pathway is curvy, looped and made of fine crushed stone. (Edible Schoolyard, Greensboro Children's Museum, Greensboro, NC)
A fine crushed stone pathway meets a concrete pathway.

Primary pathways can be constructed of concrete, fine crushed stone or mulch. Each option has its benefits.

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Infant and Toddler Pathway Materials

Materials, Pathways
Infant space with arbor swing, stepping stone pathway, and poured-in-place surface at Bright Horizons Family Solutions CDC.
A toddler pushes a wheeled toy on a poured-in-place pathway at Bright Horizons Family Solutions CDC.
A poured-in-place pathway loops around a small multipurpose lawn at Bright Horizons Family Solutions CDC.

Infants and toddlers have different needs and abilities and there are various pathway options based on those needs and abilities.

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Installing Stepping Stones

Materials, Pathways
Stepping stone sensory garden in an infant/toddler outdoor learning environment at Bright Horizons Family Solutions CDC.
Katherine Gill checks to make sure the sand is level before placing the stepping stone at the NC Botanical Garden.
A newly installed stepping stone pathway at First Baptist Child Development Center, Asheville, NC.
A stepping stone pathway in an infant outdoor learning environment at Bright Horizons Family Solutions CDC.

 

Stepping stones are an effective and durable material used for creating pathways. They can be installed linearly to create secondary pathways or used enmasss to create patios or sensory gardens.

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