Fun, Safe and Cheap Places to Bring Young Children

Jumps 'N' Jiggles is a play center run by the Elk Grove Village Park District. I discovered it about a year ago, and I've been bringing my little ones (ages 5 years old and 19 months old) there once or twice a month. I love this place!

First of all, its very inexpensive... only $3.00 per child, and adults as well as children under a year old are free! Its not part of a restaurant, so its very clean, and its very well-kept.

The center has a large climbing structure with tubes and slides, a playhouse, a couple of Little Tikes slides, lots of see-saws and riding toys, foam blocks, and more!

But the very best part is the beautiful carousel in the next room, which everyone gets unlimited rides on. The carousel is gorgeous! It has the old-fashioned horses that move up and down, and there also are benches for people with infants or kids who don't like the horses.

My little girls love it a lot. It's a very happy atmosphere, and there's also a small-town feel to it because a lot of the same people come over and over again. My five-year-old has been able to make a few friends there! This place is great because its air-conditioned in the summer, warm and dry in the winter, and is always there to offer you a place to go to get out of the house for a while!