Nature Deficit Disorder: Does Your Child Ask “Are They Real”?

Nature Deficit Disorder: Does your child ask "Are they real?" Download Article Nature Deficit Disorder On a recent trip, my 6-year-old granddaughter noticed some flowers on the counter in our hotel. Instinctively, she touched them, followed immediately by the question, “Are they real?”The question caused me to pause. [...]

By |2022-12-26T21:55:16-08:00August 23rd, 2012|Featured Articles|0 Comments

Why Play? The Importance of Play

Why Play? The Importance of Play By Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D. We all need to play. For the generation of Americans that lived by the daily adage, “you must come inside when the street lights come on,” the importance of play was intuitive and occurred naturally in the course [...]

By |2023-10-07T12:34:52-07:00August 23rd, 2012|Featured Articles, Play|1 Comment

Can Physical Education Make You Smarter?

For some time, researchers have known that physical education and exercise changes the structure of the brain, resulting in improvements in concentration, fidgeting and creates new brain cells. The body-mind link is well documented. But current thinking and actions (like eliminating recess and physical education) lead me to question if some decisions reflect the cliché [...]

By |2022-11-06T13:21:46-08:00August 23rd, 2012|Featured Articles, PE|0 Comments

Keeping Kids Cool at School

Keeping Kids Cool At School When is it too hot for recess? When is it too hot for recess? As most of the nation head back to school facing triple-digit heat principals will begin to ask themselves, "When is it too hot for recess.?" In some parts of [...]

By |2023-09-07T09:45:03-07:00August 23rd, 2012|Featured Articles, playground, Recess|1 Comment

Countdown to Good Health and Nutrition: 5-4-3-2-1 Go!®

Who do you think has a greater influence as a role model on health and nutrition: a parent, teacher or young adults? The Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC), believes its young adults, and they are taking advantage of that fact. They have started a program using about 24 high school students to [...]

By |2022-11-06T13:46:40-08:00August 21st, 2012|Nutrition|0 Comments