Julia Steiny: Only 1 in 12 Kids Has Normal Balance and Core Strength

Education News - Julia Steiny "While working in classrooms of [...]

January 15th, 2015|Categories: ADHD, Child Development, Children, Exercise, Fitness, Outdoors, Playing, Recess|Tags: Education, School|

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Quick activity breaks increase movement, resetting kids’ brains

Omaha.com - Julia Anderson "Between reading and writing one morning [...]

December 8th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Brain, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Elementary School, Learning, Nebraska, News, Omaha, Recess, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Focus on play in kindergarten may improve grades

Reuters - Kathryn Doyle "(Reuters Health) - Training teachers to [...]

November 15th, 2014|Categories: 21st Century Skills, Academic Achievement, Academic Performance, Accountability, Achievement Gap, Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Current Events, Education, Kindergarten, Learning, Math, Mathematics, News, Playing, Reading, Recess, Teacher, United States (U.S.)|Tags: Education, schools|

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Florida Parents Rally for Recess

Education News - Kristin Decarr "Florida parents are up in [...]

November 7th, 2014|Categories: Child Development, Childhood Education, Children, Exercise, Florida, Parents, Playing, Principal, Recess, School, School District|Tags: Education, School|

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Playworks Keeps Play In School

WWNO - EVE ABRAMS "Recess has been disappearing in schools. [...]

October 24th, 2014|Categories: Outdoors, Playing, Recess, School, School District|Tags: Education, School|

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Playground Swings Banned in Spokane, Following National Trend

Education News - Kristin Decarr "Playground swings may soon become [...]

October 15th, 2014|Categories: Children, Education, Elementary School, Playing, Recess|Tags: Education, School|

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Scientists Say Child’s Play Helps Build A Better Brain

NPR - Jon Hamilton ""The experience of play changes the [...]

August 6th, 2014|Categories: Brain, Child Development, Education, Playing, Recess, Research|Tags: Education, School|

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Squeeze on playgrounds as schools tackle places crush

BBC News - Hannah Richardson "Pupils in a third of [...]

July 27th, 2014|Categories: Child Development, Childhood Education, Class Size, Outdoors, Physical Activity, Playing, Recess, Students, United Kingdom|Tags: Education, School|

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Metro Schools Rethinking Recess Time

NewsChannel5 - Adam Ghassemi "...recess lets kids learn communication, interaction [...]

July 9th, 2014|Categories: Behavior, Child Development, Health, Recess, School|Tags: Education, School|

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What Happened to Recess?

The Energy Project - Emily Pines "In order to truly [...]

March 7th, 2014|Categories: Child Development, Children, Learning, Physical Education, Recess, School|Tags: Education, School|

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