12 Children's Books on Play By Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor 12 Children's Books on Play Childrens' Books on Play. Sometimes, all the motivation a child needs, to get outside and play, is a good Children's' book on play. The list below can [...]
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 Playworks Founder The Critical Place of Play in Education. U.S. Play Coalition Document. This document is on Play in [...]
By Jane Long The Breeze-Courier October 2003 Students enjoy outdoor recess with lots of playground game choices. Taylorville - Four third-grade students at North Elementary School urgently request bean bags from the school playground supervisor in order to play hopscotch as outdoor recess starts on a bright sunny day. They grab the bags, run to [...]
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, [...]
Porterville Recorder Porterville, CA Porterville College students paint education games for students. Jumping, skipping and hopping on the school blacktop is making a comeback at Santa Fe Elementary School where school officials are implementing “Peaceful Playground” — a structured play area that incorporates language arts, geography and mathematics into a play program. “It’s [...]
August 2010 By Trine Gallegos Contra Costa Times - Antioch, CA Peaceful Playgrounds expands the playing area with vibrant, strategically spaced markings creating a cheerful amusement-park look. When Belshaw Elementary students hit the pavement at recess last week, they were treated to a slew of new fun and new recess games. It's all [...]
Miami County Republic Paola, KS October 2010 The kindergartners’ eyes grow big as they walk through the door at Cottonwood Elementary in Paola on Tuesday and catch sight of their colorful new playground. Cottonwood Elementary School kindergartner Shelia Kreusch enjoys the playground’s new colorful hopscotch design during recess Tuesday afternoon. After lining up along a [...]
Sounds like a tiny tot gym for aspiring World Body Builders like California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, but instead it is a new federal program aimed at giving preschoolers a head start on future healthy behaviors and generally good health. The new center called the National Center for Physical Development and Outdoor Play AKA Head Start Body [...]
Nature Deficit Disorder: Does your child ask "Are they real?" By Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor Download Article Nature Deficit Disorder On a recent trip, my 6-year-old granddaughter noticed some flowers on the counter in our hotel. Instinctively, she touched them, followed immediately by the question, [...]
Why Play? The Importance of Play By Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D., The Recess Doctor We all need to play. For the generation of Americans that lived by the daily adage, “you must come inside when the street lights come on,” the importance of play was intuitive and occurred [...]
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