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Safer Playgrounds: Assessing Layout, Supervision, and Staff Training

The Second Step E newsletter contained a great article on "Safer Playgrounds: Assessing Layout, Supervision, and Staff Training." The article covers tips and research on the physical environment on playgrounds and  playground supervision. For additional [...]

10 Suggestions for a Peaceful Playground

By Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor This is a list of 10 suggestions for making your playground a peaceful place for fun and games.  Have classroom teachers walk students around the playground on the first day [...]

Peaceful Playgrounds’: Designed for Learning

By Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor A playground designed for learning An ever constant mantra in teaching is "what is the learning objective?"  Is your playground a place designed for learning?  When I was [...]

Professional Learning Networks: Grow 4 it!

This blog post is written by Paul Rosengard, Consultant to the Peaceful Playgrounds Foundation.  Follow Paul at @paulrosengard Grow 4 It! Part 5 – the “T” in “Grow 4 It!” stands for, “Tracking Your Plan” [...]

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Concord Road School paves the way for kinder recess

By Jackie Lupo TIM LAMORTE/RIVERTOWNS ENTERPRISE December 11, 2015 Second-graders use the playground during recess on Dec. 7. ARDSLEY — Recess can be fun for some elementary school students, but stressful for newcomers or [...]

Painting Peaceful Playground Games in Oklahoma Schools

Painting Peaceful Playground Games in Oklahoma Schools, July 2015 by: Blake Taylor Lawrence Elementary, Wichita, KS and Vaughn Humbolt, Rosalia, KS In January of 2015, I was asked by Lindsi Lemons the Program Director of [...]