10 Rainy and Snow Day Activities for Indoor PE & Recess Requests
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 those who lack strong social skills. Hoping to promote a culture of kindness on the playground, Concord Road Elementary School [...]
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 Schools for a Healthy Lifestyle, and Jason Hasty of the Putnam School district, if I would be interested in Painting [...]
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. Bullying Review Programs Manual Bullying Prevention Online Course for Teachers The Bullying Prevention for [...]
Physical Activity and Academic Achievement
Physical Activity and Academic Achievement The evidence surrounding the link between physical activity, physical fitness and academics is growing stronger and more abundant. This page of articles, research students and information on the brain and academic improvements serves to document this connect.  Catherine Davis - Georgia Regents University Speaking [...]
School Recess: Why some love and others hate this American tradition.
By Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor The School Recess Movement is Growing. The school recess movement in Orange County, Florida is growing and even received national attention yesterday when The Today Show put out an elementary recess survey. The national survey shows that 99% of adults participating in the survey favor elementary school recess. [...]
Grant Helps Bloomington School Develop Peaceful Playground
Marlin Elementary Gets a Grant for Recess Program The Herald Times by Mary Keck BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Visit Marlin Elementary School and you'll see a new grant for their recess program. You'll see kids hopping across yellow, blue and red numbers, letters and symbols on the blacktop, their shoes hitting each foot printed on [...]
Physical Activity Resources
This listing of Physical Activity resources for classroom teachers, P.E. teachers and physical activity coordinators have moved to our member site.       Featured Articles Physical Activity in Schools. Making the Case for Kids Moving More Low Cost High Activity Playgrounds Â
Playground Safety Resources
Playground Safety Resources  CPSC Fact Sheet Burn Risk on Playgrounds - Hot summer months and hot metal slides pose a health and burn risk to children.  How safe is your playgrounds? Use the Playground Safety Checklist to find out.  Public Playground Safety Handbook [...]
Recess isn’t just play time for children it’s time well spent
Recess is Time Well Spent By Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor Recess is Time Well Spent School recess holds a special place in the heart of the American public school student, according to the editorial in today's Concord Monitor. To a child "recess is time well [...]
Peaceful Playgrounds participates in 2014 NFL- United Way Kickoff Event
by RACHEL DAWSON,  Federal Way Mirror Reporter  Sept. 3, 2014 Former Seahawks Steve Largent, Mack Strong, and Warren Moon joined more than 50 volunteers and representatives of United Way of King County and Dairy Management Inc. to help uplift Federal Way’s Lake Grove Elementary school playground on students’ first day back to school. As the second-oldest [...]
Playground Supervision: Ten Tips for Improving Playground Safety
Playground Supervision: Ten Tips for Improving Playground Safety. by Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor 10 Tips for Improving Playground Supervision Serious accidents which occur in schools typically happen on the playground, and often playground supervision is a contributing factor. In fact, approximately 200,000 accidents [...]
Discipline on the playground : A “how to” guide for supervisors
Discipline on the Playground: A "How To" Guide for Playground Supervisors by Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor How to Discipline Children on the Playground Discipline on the playground is a challenge at most school sites. Most schools, however, strictly enforce classroom rules and procedures in [...]
Playground Hassles and Headaches Video
School Playground Problems and Solutions Identified Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Program is built around research which identifies 5 things that go wrong on a typical school playground and 5 solutions to those problems. [jwplayer config="big" mediaid="3722"] To learn more about Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Program , visit our recess program information page, or visit the media page of [...]
US Map Stencil and World Map Stencil Resources
US Map Stencil Games Book The US Map Stencil book has 20 new games to encourage outdoor learning activities. Games Include: Capitol Toss, State Word Search,  East to West, Capitol Match, Capitol Spelling Challenge, Hands Across America, Exercise By Number, State Relay, Knock Off, State Abbreviation Relay, State Shake Walk, Guess and Travel, Where I’ve [...]
