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Playground Painting = Recreation Plus Education

The Daily Record/Sunday News - York, PA August 2008 McKinley Elementary students will start the year with a new playground. Red, yellow, blue and orange shapes, letters, and numbers were part of a  playground painting project which will greet students at McKinley Elementary when they return to school this week. With paint, a plan and [...]

New Playground Teaches Problem Solving Skills

 September 2008 New playground program teaches problem solving skills at Doniphan Trumbull School. By Ginger ten Bensel KHAS-TV - Hastings, NE A playground with a lot to offer is in the works in Doniphan. It is called a Peaceful Playground. It is a playground where children can enjoy playing together in groups and [...]

Simple Games Bring Structured Recess Games Bring New Fun

October 2008 By Dave Aeikens St Cloud Times - St.Cloud, MN Students join in a structured recess game and can move around to other activities. All the paint on the sidewalks and basketball court at Westwood Elementary School is serving to provide a more structured recess setting. In one spot, children are playing [...]

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Peaceful Playground Teaches Social Skills

 November 2008 By Christina Styan The Standard-Times - Dartmouth, MA Outside the Quinn Elementary School, on the Second Step Peaceful Playground, kids learn social skills like respect. Inside, as part of "Mix It Up Day for Lunch" kids learn to make new friends. For the youngsters, it seems to be the perfect combination. The money [...]

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Marana School Playing with a Change on its Playground

 January 2009 By Barbara Grijalva KOLD-TV - Tucson, AZ  [jwplayer mediaid="817"] There's something that's supposed to keep children from fighting on the playground, reduce playground injuries, and a lot more. What is this miracle? Marana's Twin Peaks Elementary School is trying it, a program called Peaceful Playgrounds. It all starts with some paint on the [...]

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Twin Peaks Students add Age Appropriate Games

Age appropriate elementary school playground games are painted onto existing playground surface. January 2009 By Chuck Barth Marana Weekly News - Tucson, AZ Twin Peaks school playground showcases age appropriate games and markings from Peaceful Playgrounds. The paved surfaces of Twin Peaks Elementary School's playground have been painted bright colors and shapes. [...]

Kids Learn How to Play Nice

 January 2009 By Andrea Rivera Arizona Daily Star - Tucson, AZ Students learn to participate in recess activities and are expected to play nice with new Peaceful Playgrounds Program. Minor spats and disagreements between children on the Twin Peaks Elementary School playground don't require adult intervention as long as the students know how [...]

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Urbana Elementary Recognized for Playground Safety Video

January 2009 By Staff Reporter Maryland Community Newspapers - Fredrick, MD Urbana Elementary School. Fifth grade Computer Club members at Urbana Elementary School recently were rewarded for creating an informative video on playground safety. Peaceful Playgrounds, a company devoted to reducing conflicts on the school yard, have posted the video on their [...]

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Promoting Peaceful Play at Northwest Elementary School

May 2009 By Joie Tyrrell NewsDay - Melville, NY Research indicates that there is an absence of peaceful play and a prevalence of bullying in schools is increasing on a regular basis and that most bullying occurs on school playgrounds. With this in mind, the staff at Amityville’s Northwest Elementary School, along with the COMPASS [...]

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Peace! New Playground Equipment and Games Designed for Harmony

Playground markings and equipment result in playground harmony  June 2009 By Hugh Gallagher Observer - Detroit, MI Girls playing recess games at South Redford Elementary School. Keep children busy doing interesting things and you'll keep them out of trouble. That truism is the idea behind Peaceful Playgrounds, a program out of California [...]

Principal Hopes to Implement Peaceful Playground With School Grant

School grant provides new games and activities for students at recess. June 2009 By Christine Haines Herald-Standard - Uniontown, PA Student enjoy benefits of school grant for new playground. Imagine a playground without pushing, shoving or kids standing on the sideline of the activities feeling left out. That's what California Area Middle School [...]

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Grants Take Kids a Hop, Skip and Jump from Video Games

 June 2009 By Beth Gollob Oklahoman - Oklahoma City, OK For many adults, hopscotch and jump rope seem like games every child should know. But with a computer or video game system in nearly every household, outdoor physical activity has become increasingly rare during the past decade, said Wendy Jones, executive director of the child [...]

Sheboygan Falls Elementary Gets a Playground Makeover

Sheboygan Falls gets playground transformation August 2009 By Jeff Pederson Sheboygan Falls - Plymouth, WI When students return to Sheboygan Falls Elementary School for the first day of the 2009-10 school year, a whole new world of fun, fitness, and creativity awaits from the school's playground makeover. Thanks to the initiative, hard work, and dedication [...]

Parents Purport Painted Blacktop Games Creates Peaceful Playground

August 2009 By Bret Liebendorfer Columbus News - Columbus, OH The program is inexpensive and is something that can easily be added to a playground. Working on their hands and knees, parent volunteers have been busy adding painted blacktop games  and patterns they hope will upgrade the Norwich Elementary School playground. The volunteers [...]

Eagle View Students are in for a Nice Surprise on School Playground

September 2009 By Jodie Tweed Brainerd Dispatch - Brainerd, MA Deanne Trottier, an Eagle View second-grade teacher and playground committee member, spray painted colorful markings on a play space in front of the Breezy Point elementary school Friday. Teachers and parents volunteered their time Thursday and Friday to provide new colorful play areas for [...]

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