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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
IL Schools Add Colorful Markings to 8 Playgrounds with Playground Grant Funding September 2009 By Jeb Chicago Tribune - Highland Park, IL North Shore School District physical education teachers Josh Funke (far left) and Kevin Shanahan (far right) instructs a group of elementary school children on one of the playground games, while Superintendent [...]
Unstructured Recess Success Based on Enriching Environment September 2009 By Katie Anderson Pine River Journal - Pine River, MN One of the parking lots will provide unstructured recess activities at Eagle View Elementary School. The parking lot where school buses drop off and pick up students will now be used for Eagle View's unstructured recess [...]
Peaceful Playgrounds Eliminating Recess Conflicts September 2009[jwplayer mediaid="859"] By Ryan Dietz WLUK-TV - Appleton, WI Recess used to be just sliding and swinging at Johnston Elementary School in Appleton but overtime recess conflict grew. Now a program to get more kids involved has them adding hopscotch, four-square, and jump rope to the mix. "There's like [...]
CKSD Bringing Peace to the Playground - November 2009 PNW News - Puget Sound, WA Freshly painted on the blacktop in the Jackson Park Elementary School playground lies a circle of colorful shapes. A recess supervisor stands in the center and calls out different colors and motions, as the excited children jump, skip or hop from [...]
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