Learning is like rowing upstream: not to advance is to drop back. -
Chinese Saying.
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Chinese Saying.
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How important is play? By Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D.
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 naturally in the course of everyday American life. Baby boomers recite the street light regulation as one of America’s unwritten rules that most children understood and practiced. Certainly that was the case for those of…
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 naturally in the course of everyday American life. Baby boomers recite the street light regulation as one of America’s unwritten rules that most children understood and practiced. Certainly that was the case for those of…
Structured
school- and community-based programs that are culturally relevant have demonstrated some success in increasing physical activity among Latino
children. Find out more in this video or in the Salud America! research
package on this topic at www.salud-america.org/research.
Public Playground Safety Handbook from CPSC.
A must have document for schools and day care centers is the Public Playgrounds Safety Handbook.
CPSC’s public playground guidelines are detailed here and are intended to help parks, schools, installers and others choose the safest equipment.
Check out our other resources on our Playground Resources Page.
Related Articles and information on Playground Safety.
School playgrounds can be safe.
A must have document for schools and day care centers is the Public Playgrounds Safety Handbook.
CPSC’s public playground guidelines are detailed here and are intended to help parks, schools, installers and others choose the safest equipment.
Check out our other resources on our Playground Resources Page.
Related Articles and information on Playground Safety.
School playgrounds can be safe.
In case you missed this announcement...........
It looks like there will not be a 2015 PEP Grant application process this year according to Insight Grants: "The 2015 federal budget was finalized in mid-December. The US Department of Education’s (ED)Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP grant program) was allocated $47 Million. In communications we recently had with the PEP Program Manager, Carlette KyserPegram, we learned that the…
"All kids have a right to recess", according to retired principal and Peaceful Playgrounds Founder, Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer. The "Right to Recess Campaign" has been around for 5 years and the materials have been used in numerous School Board Presentations and referenced in magazines, & news reports. Grab a copy of the Right To Recess Tool Kit here.
Right to Recess Featured Article.
Experts agree that playtime can be j…
Right to Recess Featured Article.
Experts agree that playtime can be j…
Motivational Mondays : Champions
Champions keep playing until they get it right. Billie Jean King
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Champions keep playing until they get it right. Billie Jean King
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Peaceful Playgrounds Play Nice Newsletter Just Released.
Topics:
School Recess: Why some love and some hate this American Tradition.
Right to Recess Campaign Going Strong.
January Free Download- Valentine's Day Brain Break Cards
Grant Opportunities for Physical Activity
New Physical Activity Court Coming Soon
Peaceful Playgrounds Boards on Pinterest
Coupon: We Count Walking Program
Topics:
School Recess: Why some love and some hate this American Tradition.
Right to Recess Campaign Going Strong.
January Free Download- Valentine's Day Brain Break Cards
Grant Opportunities for Physical Activity
New Physical Activity Court Coming Soon
Peaceful Playgrounds Boards on Pinterest
Coupon: We Count Walking Program
Kinesthetic Learning: Moving Toward a New Model for Education
How do people learn? Research has found that it is our learning process,
not our intelligence, that is the most important factor in determining
our abilities -- making it vitally important to examine how we teach our
students. So we must ask: how are we most effective at learning and
retaining information? Is it when we are hearing, seeing, doing,
creating, or some combination of…
How do people learn? Research has found that it is our learning process,
not our intelligence, that is the most important factor in determining
our abilities -- making it vitally important to examine how we teach our
students. So we must ask: how are we most effective at learning and
retaining information? Is it when we are hearing, seeing, doing,
creating, or some combination of…
Intelligence plus character, that is the goal of a true education-
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Study: Recess Before Lunch Works
Another study indicates that recess before lunch does indeed work to increase fruit and veggie consumption in children.
read more.....
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60 Alternatives to withholding recess.
Recess Before Lunch Information Page
Another study indicates that recess before lunch does indeed work to increase fruit and veggie consumption in children.
read more.....
Similar Articles:
60 Alternatives to withholding recess.
Recess Before Lunch Information Page
Motivational Mondays : Team
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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The recess movement in Orange County, Florida is growing and even received national attention yesterday when The Today Show put out an elementary recess survey.
The national survey shows that 99% of adults participating in the survey favor elementary school recess. End of subject? Not quite. Parents in nearby Lake County have taken to the streets to join in the protest over the lack of recess at their schools.
The benefits of recess are well…
The national survey shows that 99% of adults participating in the survey favor elementary school recess. End of subject? Not quite. Parents in nearby Lake County have taken to the streets to join in the protest over the lack of recess at their schools.
The benefits of recess are well…
When is it too cold for recess?
Our featured article on this topic has the answer.
When the weather outside is frightful school recess on the playground may not be delightful. Just ask any playground supervisor.
Outdoor recess however, is a reality and daily decisions about “how cold is too cold” is something site principals, teachers and day care directors will be making during the winter months. Snow, wind and icy conditions make decid…
Our featured article on this topic has the answer.
When the weather outside is frightful school recess on the playground may not be delightful. Just ask any playground supervisor.
Outdoor recess however, is a reality and daily decisions about “how cold is too cold” is something site principals, teachers and day care directors will be making during the winter months. Snow, wind and icy conditions make decid…
Motivational Mondays : Will to Win
The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.- Joe Paterno
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The will to win is important, but the will to prepare is vital.- Joe Paterno
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Play Nice Newsletter Released. Free Action
Animals Brain Break Cards. PEP Grant Update. Grants, Pinterest Boards,
U.S. Map Give-A-Way, http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs125/1101617897150/archive/1119689956584.html
Motivational Mondays : Expect Excellence
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
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You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
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