Hey, Meet Me At Recess By the Swings!

Fitness expert has games for a 'trouble-free' playground  http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/10/curt_hinson_photos_for_centerp.html

1. Recess Makes Kids Smarter

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/recess-makes-kids-smarter 

2. Yay for Recess: Pediatricians Say It’s as Important as Math or Reading

http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/31/yay-for-recess-pediatricians-say-its-as-important-as-math-or-reading/ 

3. The 3 R’s? A Fourth Is Crucial, Too: Recess 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/health/24well.html?_r=0 

4. The Role of Recess in Children’s Cognitive

Performance and School Adjustment 

 http://evolution.binghamton.edu/evos/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/Pellegrini02.pdf

 

5. The True Loss of Recess

http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2012/06/the%20true%20loss%20of%20recess.html

 

6.  The importance of recess: What kids learn on the playground

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20140127/entlife/701279987/ 

7.  Recess can reduce bullying and prepare kids to learn, research says

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/recess-can-reduce-bullying-and-prepare-kids-to-learn-research-says/2013/09/03/b35ba00c-14b4-11e3-a100-66fa8fd9a50c_story.html 

 

Such enthusiasm!