tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908987455280900998.post961863480222794267..comments2023-09-12T07:57:19.979-07:00Comments on Substitutes, FTW!: How Often Do You Go Out to Recess?Veronica Chasehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09847315278859040483noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908987455280900998.post-79530372726950646842011-03-30T14:16:39.062-07:002011-03-30T14:16:39.062-07:00Sunny, I'm glad you guys get a good amount of ...Sunny, I'm glad you guys get a good amount of recess. I never experienced having recesses split up. It's probably really refreshing to have a midday "break" for recess. Interesting!<br /><br />Beth, I believe recess is important as well. You're right, kids do a lot of learning during that time. One of my favorite things is watching kids make up games when they're outside. They're quite inventive! Thanks for the link!Veronica Chasehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09847315278859040483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908987455280900998.post-60201669398981100572011-03-29T15:37:19.984-07:002011-03-29T15:37:19.984-07:00That schedule sounds wonderful, Sunny! I'm imp...That schedule sounds wonderful, Sunny! I'm impressed that your students get 40+ minutes of physical activity/breaks during the school day.<br /><br />Veronica, thanks for bringing up this topic. I believe recess is very important time in the school day.<br /><br />It's sad to hear of students going entire school days without play time. Total instructional minutes are quite valuable, but children need also physical break and time to learn from recess and play. Kids learn conflict resolution, problem solving, motor skills and much more from playing with their peers.<br /><br />I believe an additional worry for schools can be minutes lost from solving disputes that occur at recess. But there are several examples of schools working to eliminate those (http://www.playworks.org/blog/whos-recess) so that children can still get valuable recess time.Beth Kimberlyhttp://playworks.org/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5908987455280900998.post-6609381954854605862011-03-29T14:18:50.808-07:002011-03-29T14:18:50.808-07:00Our students have recess between breakfast and the...Our students have recess between breakfast and the official day beginning (about 20 minutes) and the 4th/5th grade gets a 20 minute recess in the morning and a 20 minute recess at lunch. The K-1 and 2-3 population get 20 minutes at lunch and 20 minutes in the afternoon. <br /><br />When I was a kid in the same district, we had 15 a.m., 20 lunch and 15 p.m. recesses. So we've only shaved it by 10 minutes in the 20 years since I was in elementary school.<br /><br />Personally I'm glad we have it in the AM. My schedule this year is near perfect. We have almost 2 hours of instruction, recess, 90 minutes of instruction, lunch and 2 hours of instruction. It breaks up the day perfectly. Sometimes when the weather is real warm, on certain days we take the kids out for an extra 10 minutes in the afternoon (we have to be careful with that simply because of the lower el recesses).Rayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11188775899039031370noreply@blogger.com