Description
The Healthy Island Activity Cube goes broader than nutrition alone. Five interactive panels cover healthy eating, wellness, exercise, and personal safety, giving children in your waiting area a well-rounded introduction to healthy living while they wait.
It has been a bestseller in the Gressco line since its introduction, and the reason is simple: it works across a wider range of institutional settings than any single-topic cube can.
| Specification | Detail |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 28″ H x 28″ W x 26″ D |
| Weight | 135 lbs |
| Number of panels | 5 – one per side including top |
| Loose parts | None – all elements secured within panels |
| Construction | Heavy-duty melamine, softly rounded corners |
| Assembly | Some assembly required – ships in 5 boxes, hardware included |
| Item number | 15-NIS-100 |
| Warranty | 2-year manufacturer’s warranty |
| Manufacturer | Playscapes / Gressco, made in the U.S.A. |
Five Panels, Five Activities
| Story Board — Healthy House
An illustrated story panel that introduces children to healthy home habits and family wellness routines through visual storytelling and interactive elements. |
Wellness Magic Hands
A heat-sensitive panel that reacts to touch, changing color when children press their hands against the surface. The wellness theme reinforces physical awareness in a way that feels like magic. |
| Food Play
A bead maze activity featuring healthy food shapes. Children guide fruit and vegetable pieces through winding paths, building fine motor skills while encountering nutritious food in a positive, playful context. |
Safety Panel – Safety Road
An interactive panel covering personal safety concepts, introducing important safety messages through play in a setting where children are already primed to learn. |
| Fruit & Veggie Maze (top panel)
The activity top guides children through a maze featuring fruit and vegetable shapes, combining problem-solving with healthy food recognition as a natural finishing touch to the cube’s theme. |
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Cleaning Note
Avoid ammonia-based cleaners on acrylic panel surfaces, as ammonia may cause cloudiness over time. Most commercial hospital-grade disinfectant solutions are safe for all surfaces of this cube.
Why Clinics and Schools Choose It
Nutrition, wellness, and safety in one installation
Unlike the MyPlate cube, which focuses specifically on food groups, the Healthy Island covers a broader range of healthy living concepts. That makes it the right fit for general pediatric waiting areas, community health centers, and schools where the goal is overall wellness rather than a specific nutritional curriculum.
Five activities hold attention far longer than one
A child who finishes one panel simply moves to the next. With five distinct activities across the cube, a single installation keeps multiple children occupied at the same time without any of them getting in each other’s way.
No loose parts, no staff involvement required
Every element is permanently secured within its panel. Nothing falls on the floor, nothing gets pocketed, and nothing needs to be reset. The cube runs itself while your staff handles patients.
What to Expect in Your Space
A waiting area with the Healthy Island in it is a different kind of waiting area. Children who might otherwise be restless are standing at the cube, pressing the heat panel, guiding food shapes through the maze, and following the safety road. That engagement is good for the children and good for the adults in the room with them. It has been a bestseller for a reason.
| • Heavy-duty melamine construction | • Softly rounded corners throughout |
| • No loose parts, no batteries | • Healthcare infection control rated |
| • Ships in 5 boxes, assembly hardware included | • 2-year manufacturer’s warranty |
| • Made in the U.S.A. by Gressco | • Item 15-NIS-100 |
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