Recess Advocacy Tool Kit
Download Your Free Right to Recess Tool Kit ! Don't forget to visit our Right to Recess Webpage for more ideas and tools on saving recess. [contact-form-7 id="5420" title="Right to Recess Campaign Tool Kit"] [...]
Brain Breaks Resources
Purpose of Brain Breaks Well designed Brain Breaks accomplish three purposes: 1) they refresh students, 2) they refocus students for learning and 3) they re-energize students. Every teacher has experience the glazed look from [...]
Peaceful Playgrounds on Pinterest
We have a variety of Pinterest Boards that may be of interest to you. Peaceful Playgrounds Videos U.S. Map Stencil Games Games We Played Classroom Games for Indoor Recess Featured Articles by Dr. Bossenmeyer Bullying [...]
Brain Breaks: Basic and Supercharged
Purpose of Brain Breaks Well designed Brain Breaks accomplish three purposes: 1) they refresh students, 2) they refocus students for learning and 3) they re-energize students. Every teacher has experience the glazed look from students [...]
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Why School Recess Makes Kids Smarter
Recess Makes Kids Smarter By Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D., The Recess Doctor We Now Know Why Recess Makes Kids Smarter Kids love recess. But until recently, we didn't [...]
Five Tips for Making Your Playground Kid Friendly
5 Tips for a Kid Friendly Playground By Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor 5 Tips for a Kid Friendly Playground Peaceful Playgrounds shares Five Tips for [...]
Play Nice Newsletter Archive
The Play Nice Newsletter archive hosts the twice monthly posting of the Play Nice Newsletter. It is usually published on the first and 15th of each month. The Play Nice Newsletter covers [...]
Comfortable Cafeterias
The notion of comfortable cafeterias was first promoted by the Montana Team Nutrition Network. Comfortable Cafeterias have three main goals: improve learning, behavior and student health. Some best practices for ensuring a comfortable [...]
Recess Makes Kids Smarter: Scholastic Magazine
By Caralee Adams, Instructor Magazine Each day in the classroom kids are being told: "Be quiet. Sit still. Be quiet. Sit still," says Nelly Torres, a parent of a first and a fourth grader in [...]
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Tips for Painting your Playground
[jwplayer mediaid="6035"] This presentation will cover a conversation with a school regarding painting the playground and the obstacles they faced and needed assistance. How do you get the sharp clean lines when using the paint [...]
