Quiz: How Much Recess Does Your Child Get Each Day?
Do you think kids should get more recess at school? Want kids to listen more, fidget less? Today Parents featured the Eagle Mountain Elementary School in Ft. Worth, Texas, that Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: Recess
Play Deprivation and Behavior Problems
The research is clear. “Children need recess, the benefits of which range across developmental domains. Following are just seven reasons why, if we want children to achieve optimal intellectual, social/emotional, Continue Reading →
Taking Away Recess as Punishment – Does it Help?
“77 percent of school principals report that they withhold recess as punishment, even as they simultaneously sing the praises of recess as a factor in academic, cognitive, and social development. Continue Reading →
Taking Away Recess as Punishment – Find A Better Way
My sixth grade son, 12, is diagnosed ADHD with anxiety. His current IEP does not include ADHD, only another disability. He has difficulty finishing his homework. The school takes away Continue Reading →