The students knew they had just 15 minutes outside. Once the recess coach yelled, “On your mark, get set, play,” the 2nd graders scattered in excitement across the bare blacktop at…
http://thenotebook.org/articles/2016/04/06/educational-value-of-recess
Jill Vialet, CEO and Founder, Playworks
https://www.playworks.org/news/structured-or-unstructured-play-ill-take-neither/
West Valley City, Utah—Recess has taken a beating in recent years. Mediating petty playground fights and bullying frustrates administrators and teachers. Now, Playworks Utah is putting “fun” and “fitness” back into recess…
The goal was a simple one on Thursday afternoon for Nat Borchers: Have fun. The Portland Timbers defender accomplished that during a visit to Burton Elementary School in Vancouver. “I…
http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jun/09/timbers-borcher-has-fun-at-local-school-visit/
Thank you to everyone who voted for Playworks in the 2nd Annual NBC Classy Awards. We appreciate all of your great support. Who rocks? We rock! Amazing news… Playworks DC…
https://www.playworks.org/greater-washington-dc/2010/10/11/thanks-for-voting-for-playworks/
Juntas, meaning together in Spanish, is just a piece of a cheer I taught my girls’ basketball team yesterday afternoon at lunch recess. With leagues coming up and hardly any…
A tightly wound spring, a ball atop a hill, a newly planted seed, or a young child in a swing asking “Higher! Higher!”: our intentions to bring out the best…
As Congress was ending its recess and getting back to work in late February, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation brought Playworks and its message of a different kind of recess…
https://www.playworks.org/southern-california/2013/04/02/playworks-goes-to-washington/
It’s supposed to be the fun break in a child’s school day, but fights, bullying and feelings of being left out can make recess anything but enjoyable. That’s where Playworks comes in.…
http://www.clickondetroit.com/community/playworks-adds-fun-valuables-lessons-to-recess/24977652
