You know I am an advocate of kids getting enough fresh air. During the school year they are mostly inside breathing stale air like we do working in an office or at home. There is a new study released emphasizing that kids who have recess at school makes better students.
Classes start at 8:30 or so in the morning and lasting until lunchtime without a break in their schedule. Even when we drive on trips the rule of the road is for every 50 minutes you drive you need to stop at a rest area, service station or eating break and stretch, stretch, stretch before you get back under the wheel of a car. Kids learn as more on their breaks having a recess, as they do sitting at their desks and being quiet. Many problems are solved on the playground with kids by other kids.
Check with your school system to see if they do have recess for the kids for at least once a day, for 20 or more minutes. Physical activity needs to be a part of a recess. Kids having recess in their daily schedule behave better in school.
When I pick up my grandson from school and I ask "what did you do today" one of his first responses is we went outside for recess. It's important to the kids.
You know I am an advocate of kids getting enough fresh air. During the school year they are mostly inside breathing stale air like we do working in an office or at home. There is a new study released emphasizing that kids who have recess at school makes better students.
Classes start at 8:30 or so in the morning and lasting until lunchtime without a break in their schedule. Even when we drive on trips the rule of the road is for every 50 minutes you drive you need to stop at a rest area, service station or eating break and stretch, stretch, stretch before you get back under the wheel of a car. Kids learn as more on their breaks having a recess, as they do sitting at their desks and being quiet. Many problems are solved on the playground with kids by other kids.
Check with your school system to see if they do have recess for the kids for at least once a day, for 20 or more minutes. Physical activity needs to be a part of a recess. Kids having recess in their daily schedule behave better in school.
When I pick up my grandson from school and I ask "what did you do today" one of his first responses is we went outside for recess. It's important to the kids.