Field puts Peace of Mind with Rock Paper Scissors

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 [...]

A Playground Design that Fights Playground Politics

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 [...]

Parents Plan Play Upgrade to Increase Physical Activity

Parents Plan Play Upgrade August 2008 By Elizabeth Roman The Republican - Longmeadow, MA Besides the typical slides, swings and monkey bars they usually see on their playground, the students at Center School on Longmeadow Street will participate in outdoor physical activity that doesn't  involve any equipment. Elizabeth Baron, the co-president of the Center School [...]

Twin Peaks Students add Age Appropriate Games

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. [...]

Peace! New Playground Equipment and Games Designed for Harmony

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 [...]

What is Happening to School Recess?

September 2010 By Blake Taylor, MAED Lawrence Lions Physical Education Lawrence Elementary School - Wichita, KS Students at Lawrence Elementary School recess. Take a minute to think back to your childhood school days and, more precisely, the part called school recess. What do you remember about it? I would guess that you recall [...]

Peaceful Playground at South Elementary Curbs Playground Problems

St. Peter Herald - St Peter, MN Many St. Peter Public School and parochial school students will return to the classroom on Sept. 7 for the start of the school year with a new kind of playground. What this new year will bring is anyone’s guess, but teachers and staff at South Elementary Early Learning [...]

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The Case for School Recess

Why School RECESS Really Matters Parenting School Years Magazine November 2010 We've all heard of "the three R's": reading, writing, and arithmetic. The latest issue of Parenting School Years magazine is making a case for a fourth: School RECESS! No, your kid didn't put anyone up to it. More and more educators and their higher-ups [...]

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