A playground is a recreational space, mainly intended for children. Playgrounds may exist on residential lots, as part of an apartment lot[TS2:AL], or on a community lot, usually designated as a park.[TS3][TS4]
In the Sims 3 era, some prebuilt school lots may have playgrounds connected to them, though this is far from guaranteed.
A playground can be any place where child-oriented toys or objects are located, but typically a playground will contain some or all of these objects:
- Jungle gyms
- Sandboxes
- Seesaw
- Slides
- Swings
- Monkey bars
- Merry-go-rounds
- Playground towers
- Treehouses
- Spring riders
Additionally, a majority of libraries in The Sims 3 have playrooms, usually with toy boxes, activity tables, toy ovens, and/or xylophones.