Peaceful Playgrounds Reduction In Playground Problems

How to have a Peaceful Playground - 1999 Aria Lopez-Rosende Principal, Pioneer Elementary I first learned about Peaceful Playgrounds (PP) as a classroom teacher over 10 years ago and heard about the resulting  reduction in playground problems. Then I became I Principal of Pioneer Elementary in Escondido and realized that with a playground of [...]

Carlsbad school achieves peaceful playground

  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 [...]

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Peaceful Playground at South Elementary Curbs Playground Problems

St. Peter Herald - St Peter, MN Many St. Peter Public School and parochial school students will return to the classroom on Sept. 7 for the start of the school year with a new kind of playground. What this new year will bring is anyone’s guess, but teachers and staff at South Elementary Early Learning [...]

By |2021-06-16T21:11:03-07:00January 2nd, 2013|Newspapers Articles|0 Comments

Bullying Prevention: Is Empathy the Key?

Is Empathy the key to conquering bullying? by Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer, The Recess Doctor   As I observed my class the first week of school, one child stood out. The incident happened on the third day of school. Allie was a kindergarten student who learned that another child’s much-loved dog died. Most students sat silently, [...]

By |2024-04-17T11:56:42-07:00December 6th, 2012|Bullying, Featured Articles|0 Comments