Play Articles
Listing of play articles most current articles on the top. How Play Fits Into Social and Emotional Learning. All of Chicago Public Schools are seeing big gains by allowing students to play. By Jill Vialet [...]
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 [...]
Active Design in Schools
Active Design Resources These active design resources will help you to design more physical activity into an everyday environment. Download toolkits and resources today.Active Design is using spaces like the asphalt and grass (which most [...]
ACTIVE Schools Fundraising
Do you need to raise money for your physical activity project? You've come to the right place. Peaceful Playgrounds has partnered with Safe Routes to Schools and ACTIVE SCHOOLS FUNDRAISING. Looking for a healthy way [...]
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” [...]
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 [...]
Assessing Physical Activity
Assessing physical activity provides the opportunity to measure general health and well being. Download the variety of tools for assessing physical activity on this page. Physical Activity assessments are numerous and needed to indicate the [...]
Bullying Prevention
Preventing Bullying: A Manual for Schools and Communities California Department of Education. The manual reviews bullying model programs and include a teacher’s guide and make reference to bullying videos, and bullying books for children. [...]
