Rock Paper Scissors Brings Peace to the Playground Park Ridge Education Association - Park Ridge, IL Teacher Talk Magazine February 2006 [jwplayer config="Large Player" mediaid="489”] Students play freeze-out on the new school playground. Looking around the Field School playground, an observer can see a variety of activities going on--four square, scoop games, scattered [...]
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, [...]
Recess Problems Reduced with Peaceful Playgrounds Program By Alexa Jenner Downers Grove Reporter - Downers Grove, IL September 2007 With their new “Peaceful Playground,” students at Whittier School have learned how to resolve recess problems. Nisha Albert (left) and Haley Reid, both of Downers Grove, use the strategy of “Rock, Paper, Scissors” to settle [...]
By Cheri Carlson Ventura County Star Newspaper October 2007 New playground game markings boost physical activity. New playground game markings boost physical activity at Camarillo school. Getting students active is a goal of most schools since the majority of students in elementary school do not get the 60 minutes a day of recommended physical activity. [...]
The Republican - Palmer, MA January 2008 Student at Old Mill enjoys peaceful recess. Old Mill Pond Elementary School now has a "peaceful playground" and peaceful recess. Instead of pupils playing basketball and hopscotch in the same area and running into each other, there are separate "zones" for activities. While children can move [...]
A playground design that fights problems. May 2008 Chicago Daily Herald - Chicago, IL By Eric Peterson Chicago Daily Herald - A Design that Fights Playground Politics Second-grader Jonathan Ilc and first-graders Makala Seilpelt and Star Ubeogu play a beanbag game on the new "Peaceful Playground" at Lakeview Elementary in Hoffman Teachers [...]
The Daily Record/Sunday News - York, PA August 2008 McKinley Elementary students will start the year with a new playground. Red, yellow, blue and orange shapes, letters, and numbers were part of a playground painting project which will greet students at McKinley Elementary when they return to school this week. With paint, a plan and [...]
November 2008 By Christina Styan The Standard-Times - Dartmouth, MA Outside the Quinn Elementary School, on the Second Step Peaceful Playground, kids learn social skills like respect. Inside, as part of "Mix It Up Day for Lunch" kids learn to make new friends. For the youngsters, it seems to be the perfect combination. The money [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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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