Taking away recess is not the way to support student behavior.
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BACKED BY $26 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING COMMITMENTS, NEW PLAYWORKS VISION AIMS TO ENSURE SAFE AND HEALTHY PLAY EVERY DAY FOR 3.5 MILLION KIDS IN 7,000 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE Educators and Families…
This is a great game for the entire class! In this game, students form a circle and try to hit a ball through each other’s “bridges.” This game has several…
Play Promotes Physical Activity How play and Playworks help kids get more physically active Contents Introduction to the intersect of play and physical activity More Active Minutes Better Well-being and…
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Occasionally, the solutions to some of education’s most -bedeviling problems are startlingly simple. Here is one of them, on a playground at the Mather Elementary School in Dorchester on a…
Is your school "recess ready"? Five tips to build a great recess.
Playworks launched a pilot of TagTeam in partnership with Boys and Girls Club of America in cities across the country, beginning in 2019. This pilot expansion has been supported by…
https://www.playworks.org/news/playworks-pilot-program-spotlight-tagteam/