Considerations/Questions

• Pull out the KaBOOM! materials and adjust
• Universally accessible: ramps, no thresholds,
• Electricity?
• Need: arborist, engineers, architect, builder, building materials,
• Accessible hiking trails
• porch all the way around
• overlooking the lake?

This week my action plan consists of getting a list of the camps for sick kids around the country, id-ing their executive directors, and start reaching out to them. Questions I'll ask:

• Describe the design/size of your treehouse.
• What accessability issues did you consider when designing it? Is there a check-list somewhere that helps integrate necessary functions into the design?
• What are the kids' favorite parts of the treehouse?
• What would you do differently?
• What kind of programming do you provide in the treehouse? Any kinds of programming you wish could be accomodated, but aren't currently?
• What other treehouses have you heard about?
• What were the safety concerns?

Programming Ideas

Talk to: Fernbank, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Georgia Conservancy, Riverkeepers, Atlanta Public Schools, camp directors,...

• Nature/Science center: nature, astronomy, gravity, weather, enviromental studies
• Wi-fi enabled: Internet radio, video story telling
• Storytelling

Links & Resources

Here are some links and resources about building treehouses, especially universally accessible treehouses for medically fragile kids:

Forever Young

Out 'n' About Treesort and Treehouse Institute of Arts & Culture