Greetings!
This month's newsletter provides articles on:
- PEP Grant Brings Peaceful Playgrounds to District
- Study: School recess improves classroom behavior,
- Recess Disparities in Seattle Schools
- Nutrition and Physical Activity Kits for ECE
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Great summer project: A Peaceful Playground
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Peaceful Playgrounds  | Eliminate
recess hassles and headaches
Start planning now for the fall and a successful opening to
the school year. Summer is the perfect time to paint over 100 permanent
games and activities on the playground.
Peaceful Playgrounds
is a "do-it-yourself" program which transforms your school into a
variety of games and activities kids love to play. The Peaceful
Playgrounds Comprehensive Kit comes with all the materials you need to
insure safe and active play.
Join over 8000 schools
nationwide and reduce school yard bullying, playground injuries and
conflicts while getting children more active.
Every child in the school benefits from this award winning childhood obesity intervention.
Click to see Peaceful Playgrounds in Action Video.
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Study: School recess improves classroom behavior
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PEP Grant Brings PP to District  |
A Federal Physical Education for Progress (PEP) Grant provided Central Kitsap schools money to install Peaceful Playgrounds games and markings at all 12 elementary schools in the district.
CKSD hopes the changes also will help in the classroom.
"If the kids are not all wound up, then the teachers will have more time for instruction," Martin said.
More on CKSD PEP Grant.
Are you working on a PEP Grant? Click here for information on Peaceful Playgrounds, Fundamental Movement PE Program or our Pedometer Walking Program.
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Recess Disparities in Seattle Schools
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Recess Disparities  | Educators and neuroscientists are beginning to understand the
importance of recess. Years ago kids went to recess as it was good for
their health to get outside, experience the fresh air and get a break
from sitting inside classrooms for extended periods of time. Today we
are beginning to recognize the many other benefits of recess as well.
Sutapa
Ray, a neuroscientist with the Bellevue children's software company
Neuropath Learning identies many additional benefits including the
finding that exercise increases blood flow to the brain and builds new
neurons. That helps the brain make connections. Ray says it's good for
kids to switch from directed attention in the classroom to the indirect
attention on the playground, where they can take in the sound of birds
or the wind.
Ray: "When you go back to your classroom then your
directed attention comes back into place and it gets the rest that it
needs. Even a 10-minute recess, a 15-minute recess is good for the
brain that way."
Recess Disparities in Seattle Schools.
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ECE Promoting Nutrition and Physical Kits
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 MODEL Health! Promoting Nutrition and Physical Activity in Children learning kit
(the Kit) is a collection of supplementary lessons on nutrition and
physical activity with an emphasis on role modeling. Intended as a
teacher resource in the early childhood classroom, the Kit is most
appropriate for use with children ages three to five. (Kit description).
This
kit is available for free download and was developed by Maryland State
Department of Education in partnership with Maryland Committee for
Children.
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