The Boston Globe - New Boston, NH November 2006 They didn't get the water slide they wanted, but they got almost everything else. At New Boston Central School the new playground is not the traditional playground. Children helped design and construct the 35-foot (dry) slide built into a hillside, the fitness course that winds [...]
Rock, Paper, Scissors Leads to Reduction in Playground Conflicts By Terri Pederson Daily Citizen - Beaver Dam, WI December 2006 Students playing rock paper scissors to solve playground problems. Students at Jefferson Elementary School are participating in a new playground program designed to reduce conflicts during recess time. The solution is Rock, Paper, [...]
Recess Problems Reduced with Peaceful Playgrounds Program By Alexa Jenner Downers Grove Reporter - Downers Grove, IL September 2007 With their new “Peaceful Playground,” students at Whittier School have learned how to resolve recess problems. Nisha Albert (left) and Haley Reid, both of Downers Grove, use the strategy of “Rock, Paper, Scissors” to settle [...]
By Cheri Carlson Ventura County Star Newspaper October 2007 New playground game markings boost physical activity. New playground game markings boost physical activity at Camarillo school. Getting students active is a goal of most schools since the majority of students in elementary school do not get the 60 minutes a day of recommended physical activity. [...]
October 2007 By Tricia Despres The Doings LaGrange - La Grange, IL Ahh, remember those sweet days of your childhood when you spent all day looking forward to recess? Time to get out of the classroom, run around with your friends and swing on the swings. Sweet memories. But if you are like me, recess [...]
By Darlene Pellechia Naples Daily News October 2007 Remember hop scotch, four-square and leap frog? These games of yesteryear are making a comeback on the playground at Osceola Elementary School thanks to a program called Peaceful Playgrounds, part of the school’s Positive Behavior Support Process. According to Osceola Asst. Principal Tammie Stewart, the concept is [...]
The Huntington Public Schools Headline Southdowns School Improvement Project. November 2007 New school improvement project adds painted games at Southdown Primary School. Southdown Primary School has often been a trailblazer, with a tradition of very involved parents who have never had a problem rolling up their collective sleeves and volunteering to work on [...]
The Republican - Palmer, MA January 2008 Student at Old Mill enjoys peaceful recess. Old Mill Pond Elementary School now has a "peaceful playground" and peaceful recess. Instead of pupils playing basketball and hopscotch in the same area and running into each other, there are separate "zones" for activities. While children can move [...]
New Play Space Project Began in November By Cathie Ericson The Oregonian - Wilsonville, OR February 2008 A peaceful playground -- isn't that the dream of all students, parents, and educators? Where recess is a time of socialization, fresh air, and physical activity, rather than a period marked by conflict and bullying. That's [...]
March 2008 Burbank Leader - Burbank, CA Bringing peace to a school playground may not be easy. During a game of four-square at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School Wednesday, second-graders Luis Reyes, 7, and Cassidy McNeill, 8, reached an impasse over a point. “It was in,” Luis said. “It’s out!” Cassidy fired back. But before the [...]
A playground design that fights problems. May 2008 Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago, IL By Eric Peterson Chicago Daily Herald - A Design that Fights Playground Politics Second-grader Jonathan Ilc and first-graders Makala Seilpelt and Star Ubeogu play a beanbag game on the new "Peaceful Playground" at Lakeview Elementary in Hoffman Teachers [...]
Peaceful Playgrounds Inspires Active Play - February 2009 "Teachers who are new to brain based learning are often in awe of how the brain remembers, and of how many different memory systems there are," explains Brain Lady" Marilee Sprenger. "Although many brain based learning principles are followed instinctively, once teachers know why and how the principles [...]
Porterville Recorder Porterville, CA Porterville College students paint education games for students. Jumping, skipping and hopping on the school blacktop is making a comeback at Santa Fe Elementary School where school officials are implementing “Peaceful Playground” — a structured play area that incorporates language arts, geography and mathematics into a play program. “It’s [...]
June 2008 New School Recess Program to Eliminate Problem Programs By Staff Reporter Altus Times Given the jungle rules of some playgrounds, where the biggest and toughest tend to dominate, consider the scene recently at Washington Elementary School. A recess came and went, with children running loose during a sublime afternoon, and nobody cried, got [...]
Parents Plan Play Upgrade August 2008 By Elizabeth Roman The Republican - Longmeadow, MA Besides the typical slides, swings and monkey bars they usually see on their playground, the students at Center School on Longmeadow Street will participate in outdoor physical activity that doesn't involve any equipment. Elizabeth Baron, the co-president of the Center School [...]
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