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Greetings!
This month's newsletter provides information on a case study that could shape Physical Education delivery across the nation, a study revealing inactivity in preschoolers and information on our move to Lake Elsinore, CA. Don't miss the listing of U.S. Playground Map Contest Winners below.
Why not set aside 45 minutes to attend one of our free webinars on timely topics including: Recess Before Lunch, Peaceful Playgrounds, and Beginning Grant Writing. We are proud to say, 100% of the webinar participants over the past three months have responded that they would recommend our webinars to a colleague. RESERVE your spot early as most sessions fill quickly. |
Case Study Could Shape Physical Education
Landscape Across Nation
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New Approach New ResultsFor years physical educators across the country have advocated for daily physical education for their students. Legislators have joined the bandwagon and passed legislation mandating physical education for most K-12 grade students throughout CA and across the nation. However, much to the dismay of physical educators, concerned parents, public health advocates and pediatricians, the education codes mandating physical education has been largely ignored. That however, appears to be changing in the nation's second largest school district, LAUSD. The City Project (a legal and policy advocacy organization), working with teachers and school officials in the Los Angeles Unified School District, are using social science and legal research to promote changes in public policy that hopefully will result in better and more equitably delivered physical education in public schools in Los Angeles, California. 
Tipping Point to a Physical Education RevolutionPersuading other school districts to enforce physical education requirements has previously proven to be unfruitful and uneventful. But this new strategy which has played out in Los Angeles over the past year represents a thoughtful and strategic effort by key stake holders in the community and in the district has packed a powerful punch. It has leveraged the undivided attention on the part of district officials in an attempt to avoid legal action. In the world of education, a common battle cry is "What California does the nation follows." It appears that in the arena of equal access to daily physical education, Los Angeles Unified School District showing the way. Check out this month's complete Featured Article entitled: Case Study Could Shape Physical Education Landscape. Original story source: Robert Garcia, The City Project, Los Angeles, CA, USA, and Chad
Fenwick, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA, USA,
have published an article on Social Science, Equal Justice, and Public Health Policy: Lessons from Los Angeles, in the Journal of Public Health Policy (2009) 30, S26-S32. |
Study Finds Preschoolers Inactive at Play
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 A study released in the January/February Issue of Child Development
found that preschoolers were mostly inactive at play. The study
conducted by researchers from the University of South Carolina looked
at 30 minutes of indoor and outdoor play viewing approximately 300,000
episodes. Overall the researchers determined that during the course of
a typical day, 89 percent of children's activities were sedentary, 8
percent were lightly active and 3 percent were moderately-to-vigorously
active.
They also determined that 94 percent of indoor
activities were sedentary while 54 percent of outdoor activities fall
into the sedentary category.
They also found that children were more likely to be active when they were outside and balls or other play objects
were available. As a result, the researchers recommended that future
interventions designed to improve physical activity levels among
preschool children focus on increasing the availability of outdoor
materials and ensuring sufficient open space for recreation. The
researchers also recommend that teachers organize, model and encourage physical activity among students.
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Peaceful Playground's New Location: We've MOVED!
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 Please note. We've moved. Our new address is Peaceful Playgrounds, Inc. 17975 Collier Ave. Unit 5, Lake Elsinore, CA 92530. Our Toll free number remains the same 877-444-9888 and the email addresses of info@peacefulplaygrounds.com and melinda@peacefulplaygrounds.com continues to go directly to me to re-route to the appropriate person. The added space affords us the opportunity to expand our line of products into the public retail market.
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National Recess Week March 2-6
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Schedule a Recess Event
In recognition of National Recess Week March 2-6 why not schedule a recess event?
Get kids up and get active. Perhaps schedule a "Recess Games Day." Have volunteers and teachers teach students a recess game and rotate students through age appropriate games and playground activities.
Good luck with the National Recess Week drawing. We hope you signed up for the $10,000 drawings as a result of the announcement this month in the Peaceful Playgrounds Recess Blog. Event sponsored by the Cartoon Network.
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Map Contest Winners Announced
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March results
The following schools have won a free U.S. Map Playgrounds Stencil from Peaceful Playgrounds.
Please contact our office to claim your prize. 877-444-9888 or email info@peacefulplaygrounds.comSchool: Annoor Academy Principal: Jalal Hamedi City: Knoxville, TN Submitted by: Debbie Muhammad School: Bethel Prep Classical Christian Principal: Rev. Robert Barber City: Sewell, NJ Submitted by: Kim Hiller School: Gaston Point Elementary Principal: Wanda Bradley City: Gulfport, MS Submitted by: Sheila Lewis |
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Sincerely,
Melinda Bossenmeyer
Peaceful PlaygroundsŪ, Inc.
www.peacefulplaygrounds.com
877-444-9888
melinda@peacefulplaygrounds.com
17975 Collier Ave. Unit 5
Lake Elsinore, CA 92530
Copyright Peaceful PlaygroundsŪ, Inc. March 2009 All Rights Reserved
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