2 Go Games Program Pre-3rd Grade Recess and PE 42 Integrated Movement and Learning Activities Six Full Classroom Sets of 2-Go Game Rugs. Great for Brain Breaks. 2-Go Games Rugs which are great for Brain Break Activities integrate physical activity with academic [...]
Play Right Marni Pyke The Northwest Herald Peaceful Playgrounds is like a miracle happened. A year ago, controlled bedlam reigned in the South Elementary School playground in Crystal Lake during recess. Then it was like a miracle happened. Children played a chaotic version of soccer that led to brawls and name calling. Those intimidated by [...]
School Receives Safety Award - December 1999 Patti Magee The Californian - 12/99 MURRIETA - E Hale Curran Elementary School has won a Golden Bell Award in the school safety award category from the California School Boards Association for its program to promote playground safety. The program, called Peaceful Playgrounds, was implemented by former principal Melinda [...]
National Friend of Recreation Award for Peaceful Playgrounds American Association for Leisure and Recreation For Immediate Release: May 2, 2002 Contact: Steve Forest (703) 476-3472 Peaceful Playgrounds was awarded the American Association for Leisure and Recreation Friend of Recreation Award last month during the organization’s national convention and exposition in San Diego, CA. Peaceful Playgrounds founder Melinda [...]
Lisa Petrillo The San Diego Union Tribune - 05/02 Five year old Kaelyn Rincand enjoys her peaceful playground experience. Given the jungle rules of some school playgrounds, where the biggest and toughest tend to dominate, consider the scene recently at El Camino Creek Elementary. A recess came and went, with 822 [...]
A School Recess Like It's Suppose To Be By Jane Long The Breeze-Courier September 2003 North School PTA organizes school into a Peaceful Playground which reduced playground problems and conflicts. Taylorville - A playground - it's supposed to provide young students with a time to release pent up energy after sitting at [...]
January 2005 The new rules and behavior expectations. New behavior expectations state, "go down the slide only on your bottom." Corvallis Gazette-Times As a second-grader slips down the covered slide at Philomath's Clemens Primary School on his tummy Thursday morning, school behavior assistant Cheri Stouder blows her whistle. Stouder has been watching [...]
San Diego County Office of Education Dr. Rudy M. Castruita County Superintendent of Schools Editor: Mary Blackman, Coordinator Physical Education/Health Winter 2005 A case study examined the effects of the Peaceful Playgrounds Program on injury reduction (Bossenmeyer, M. & Owens, K. 2004). The six-year longitudinal study evaluated how the adoption of and operation of the Peaceful [...]
Rock, Paper, Scissors Leads to Reduction in Playground Conflicts By Terri Pederson Daily Citizen - Beaver Dam, WI December 2006 Students playing rock paper scissors to solve playground problems. Students at Jefferson Elementary School are participating in a new playground program designed to reduce conflicts during recess time. The solution is Rock, Paper, [...]
March 2008 Burbank Leader - Burbank, CA Bringing peace to a school playground may not be easy. During a game of four-square at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School Wednesday, second-graders Luis Reyes, 7, and Cassidy McNeill, 8, reached an impasse over a point. “It was in,” Luis said. “It’s out!” Cassidy fired back. But before the [...]
New Playground Program added to Imagine Schools August 2008 By Staff Reporter Times Online - Fort Wayne, IN Students at Imagine School participate in the playground program at recess. Imagine Schools has enrolled over 400 students for the 2008-2009 school year at its Broadway campus, Imagine Schools on Broadway. Imagine Schools opened its [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Playground program tackles bullying and childhood obesity October 2010 Opinion - Miami County Republic - Paola, KS Two of the biggest issues facing youths these days are childhood obesity and bullying, and Cottonwood Elementary School in Paola is about to institute a program that could help tackle both problems. Thanks to an impressive stretch of [...]
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