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Right to Recess

• National Campaign to
• bring back recess
• Sponsored by
• Peaceful Playgrounds, Inc.

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Take a Poll

• Raise your hand if you had recess
• when you were in school?
• Have children changed?
• Are they healthier today?
• Are they more active?
• Should we eliminate recess?

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National Statistics on Recess

• Approximately 50 of children are getting
• recess
• No Child Left Behind (emphasis on academics)
• Liability Increasing (Not supported by
• legal data)
• Supervision

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RecessIs Important for our Kids

• 99 percent of PTA parents and teachers say that
  recess is important for elementary school
  children

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Is Recess Important?

• Three-fourths disagree that all school time
• should be spent on academics
• 90 percent disagree that recess is a waste of
  time
• Three out of four agree that recess should be
  mandatory !

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Your Childs School

• Recess at lunch time Eat
• (time to play)?
• Morning recess?
• Afternoon recess?

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Greatest Risk for Recess Elimination

• Minority schools

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Do Kids Need Recess?

• Research Findings 1
• More attentive after recess
• (Pellegrini Davis 1993)

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Do Kids Need Recess?

• Research Finding 2
• Being good at games on the playground
• was important to general social competence
• (Pellegrini 1988)

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Do Kids Need Recess?

• Research Finding 3
• As overall fitness scores improved, mean
• achievement scores also improved.
• (Grissom 2005)

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Play Well Being

• If you look at what produces
• learning and memory and well-being, play is as
  fundamental as any other aspect of life,
  including sleep and dreams.
• Brown

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Organizations Supporting Recess

• POSITION STATEMENTS SUPPORTING RECESS
• National PTA
• National Association for Physical
• Education and Sport
• National Association of Early Childhood
• Specialists in State Departments of
• Education

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Organizations Supporting Recess

• POSITION STATEMENTS SUPPORTING RECESS
• National Association for Education of Young
  Children
• National Elementary School Principals
  Association
• American Association for A Childs Right to Play

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How You Can Help

• Talk to PTA Board Members Principal
• Write letter to school board
• Write letter to local newspaper editor
• Attend upcoming events on Right to Recess
• Talk to your neighbors Legislators

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Organizations and Tools

• Rescuing Recess Campaign
• Sign up to support our local efforts
• Peaceful Playgrounds
• www.peacefulplaygrounds.com