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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 [...]

By |March 11th, 2014|Categories: featured posts|Tags: , , , |

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 [...]

Peaceful Playgrounds “Play Nice” Newsletter Sign Up

By |January 16th, 2014|Categories: News and Media, Newsletter|Tags: , |

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 [...]

By |December 2nd, 2013|Categories: Featured Articles, playground|Tags: , , |

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 [...]

By |October 30th, 2013|Categories: Magazines, News and Media|Tags: , |

Tips for Painting your Playground

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 [...]