National Friend of Recreation Award for Peaceful Playgrounds American Association for Leisure and Recreation For Immediate Release: May 2, 2002 Contact: Steve Forest (703) 476-3472 Peaceful Playgrounds was awarded the American Association for Leisure and Recreation Friend of Recreation Award last month during the organization’s national convention and exposition in San Diego, CA. Peaceful Playgrounds founder Melinda [...]
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 [...]
Add Colorful Painted Playground Games to Increase Game Participation Summer 2002 School adds colorful playground game markings. By Greg Bennett Today's Playground Magazine There is much more to a school playground than the local play structure. Colorful painted games can add basketball courts, and playground games. There are open areas to play on [...]
January 2005 The new rules and behavior expectations. New behavior expectations state, "go down the slide only on your bottom." Corvallis Gazette-Times As a second-grader slips down the covered slide at Philomath's Clemens Primary School on his tummy Thursday morning, school behavior assistant Cheri Stouder blows her whistle. Stouder has been watching [...]
A Plan for Playground Games - March 2005 Melinda Bossenmeyer Creates Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Program Unique playground games Too often, children are sent from the playground to the principal’s office or the school nurse. Former physical education teacher and elementary school principal Melinda Bossenmeyer launched Peaceful Playgrounds 15 years ago to address discipline problems [...]
June 2008 New School Recess Program to Eliminate Problem Programs By Staff Reporter Altus Times Given the jungle rules of some playgrounds, where the biggest and toughest tend to dominate, consider the scene recently at Washington Elementary School. A recess came and went, with children running loose during a sublime afternoon, and nobody cried, got [...]
New Playground Program added to Imagine Schools August 2008 By Staff Reporter Times Online - Fort Wayne, IN Students at Imagine School participate in the playground program at recess. Imagine Schools has enrolled over 400 students for the 2008-2009 school year at its Broadway campus, Imagine Schools on Broadway. Imagine Schools opened its [...]
Houston County News - La Crosse, WI November 2010 This number grid is just a small portion of the new Peaceful Playground that will become a part of the play area at La Crescent-Hokah Elementary School playground. Other painted game grids will be added before winter, and school officials hope to be able to [...]
Peaceful Playgrounds Radio Interviews Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D. Below are samples of three the national radio shows conducted with Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer from 2001-2011. The Radio Disney show was part of the Backyard Radio Show. It covered the topic of Playground Safety: An interview with Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D. The second show discussed [...]
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