The New Peaceful Playground at Wampus

Peaceful Playgrounds Provides and Improved Recess Experience The Byram Hills Education Foundation, Inc. (BHEF) and the Debra Leipman Yale Memorial Fund (DLYMF) recently announced the opening of the new Peaceful Playground recess program at Wampus Elementary School in Armonk. A ribbon-cutting ceremony marked the occasion which was attended by the entire third, fourth and fifth-grade [...]

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Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Program Kit

What you get with the Peaceful Playgrounds Program? 1. Scroll down to view the gallery below of products that are included in the Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Program Kit. 2. Watch the videos below that talk about the program. 3. Open the red bars below for a detailed explanation of the program components. [...]

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Playground Hassles and Headaches Video

School Playground Problems and Solutions Identified Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Program is built around research which identifies 5 things that go wrong on a typical school playground and 5 solutions to those problems. [jwplayer config="big" mediaid="3722"] To learn more about Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Program , visit our recess program information page, or visit the media page of [...]

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Fun, Colorful, and FREE ‘Peaceful Playground Recess Program’ on the way!

'Peaceful Playground' school recess program to be installed with Lowe's Grant funds Number Grid The district is pleased to announce it has received a $5,000 Lowe's Toolbox for Education grant to design and install a "Peaceful Playground" recess program on campus over the summer. Peaceful Playgrounds are collections of colorful, permanent, and inexpensive [...]

Bringing Peace to the School Playground

Redlands Daily Facts August 2004 Students play on school playground new target games. In 1973, an idea struck Los Angeles educator Melinda Bossenmeyer after years of being a teacher and a principal within the Riverside County Department of Education. "I noticed that some kids didn't have many of the skills necessary to [...]

Parents Purport Painted Blacktop Games Creates Peaceful Playground

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 [...]

Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Program Benefits Park Terrace

Students at Park Terrace played football recently during recess as part of its new Peaceful Playground program. Park Terrace Elementary Implements Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Program ABC Newspapers - Coon Rapids, MN  December 2012 Nearly four months into a new recess program and Park Terrace Elementary School is already reaping the benefits. Peaceful Playground [...]