The authors reviewed several reports that express concern that US schools are reducing or eliminating recess periods in order to increase instructional time. The authors noted that the American ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Having a daily recess break of at least 15 minutes is associated with better ratings by teachers of students’ classroom behavior, says an article published in the February issue of the journal ...

In Florida, kids in a second grade class were told to walk laps during recess after no one confessed to taking money from a classmate. In Kentucky, a first grader who hadn’t been paying attention in ...

How many of you, when acting up in class during elementary school, found yourselves punished by having recess taken away? We both spent some time watching our peers bound out to play games, climb ...

As kids head back to school this year, some parents are celebrating a victory in the battle to improve their children’s education. It isn’t better textbooks or an improved curriculum or even better ...

Teacher Marie Hyson had read stories to calm her Matthew C. Perry Elementary School students after lunchtime recess when they blew in from the playground. But the 15 minutes or so of reading is no ...

Recess quality, not just the amount of time spent away from the classroom, plays a major role in whether children experience the full physical, mental and social-emotional benefits of recess, a new ...

We’ve all seen what happens when children don’t get their wiggles out: Grocery store meltdowns, classroom outbursts and many tears. We all know the solution is simple: Children need time to play. As ...

Can a kickball game help transform the climate of a school? That playground activity and other informal “classic games,” such as four-square and tag, can promote student health, as well as improved ...