In this day and age, there is increasing pressure for students at all grade levels to perform at higher levels than students of past generations. Scachter (2005) says that these high expectations place pressure on teachers to teach “better”. This means that every minute of the school day is precious, and that students are overloaded with information so that every minute is meaningful. Administrators are feeling the pressure that comes with needing to achieve a certain overall school grade, meaning that one of the first things to be cut if needed is recess. According to Pelligini and Bohn (2005), recess times have decreased significantly over the years.…
From the article “ School Recess and Group Classroom Behavior” pointed out that play is recognized as an important aspect of child development because it increase children’s imagination and creativity, organize their own games, develop their own rules, learn problem-solving skills, and practice leadership (Barros, Silver & Stein, 2009). Recess is as knowns as students’ break during the school day, it allows children the time for active free play to interact with their peers and friends. Moreover, recess not just allowing a mental change and release of energy of students, it may have other benefits for classroom behaviors as well. In the article, the research showed three studies that in general, students were better able to focus attention…
Recess is good for students in more ways than one. The extra exercise increase blood flow to the brain, helping memory and thinking speed. Studies show that students that get more exercise, in this case recess, do better in the classroom. And the extra exercise would help with obesity, which is a big problem in America.…
Application of Effective Communication – TJP1 Mallory McLean Western Governors University Student ID # 000596676 I. Introduction 1. Hook: Most adults in our country obese. This is also an alarming statistic showing in our children. Research shows that when you have obese parents their children are more likely to be overweight as well. This trend needs to change.…
Some kids need to be fit for sports. All kids don’t play sports, so they won’t really care if their not fit for sports. Some don’t even play sports. If they do sports it helps them lose weight. They can actually have a time to hangout with friends that are in their P.E.…
Some may not know that recess keeps middle school students healthy. But it's true, recess is one of the greatest ways that middle school students can keep healthy. Ever since middle school have been getting rid of recess, there has been a huge incline is something, for kids from the ages of 10-15 years old. This incline is in, OBESITY. Obesity, is when a person becomes very overweight.…
Do you think kids in middle school should have a recess. I think kid in middle school should have recess because not all kid are in P.E or play a sports so they don’t get enough exercise, it would give kids some fresh air and most kids don’t get enough exercise. The first reason middle school kid should have recess is because some don’t have P.E or not in a sports. So therefore kids don’t get the exercise they need to be healthy like they should.…
During recess breaks, students have choices to do physical activities or do nothing. Low-income families cannot afford to go to the gym, as well as their neighborhood is not safe for children to play…
Recess is an important part of a healthy school environment and it also helps children stay physically active during the day. Since the 1970’s the obesity rate in children have increased from 4% to 20% in 2010. Like I said above, withholding a child’s recess seems like it the number one consequence for…
It is important for Middle School students to have recess because they need to burn off energy, they need to exercise, they also need some fresh air.’’ More and more researchers, educators, and parents are realizing that not only is playground time good for kids -- it is crucial. Here's why it just may be the fourth "R" in school, and what you can do to make sure your child gets a healthy dose of downtime.” Many middle school students think that they deserve to have a recess or two a day because they need to go outside and explore and have fun with their friends. Many teachers deserve a half hour or so to relax and get things together.…
As one of the hardest things to continue to do is to keep students and teens actively fit and to help them continue to grow and succeed not only mentally but physically. Many students have turned to sports as a gateway to help with weight loss in their life or just being more physically fit. The generation that we live in now has become quite lazy when it comes to most things due to the fact that most students have cars and phones and gaming consoles so they do not have to go outside and find new ways to have fun. But sports help with this processes and give students a reason to get fit and go outside and compete in sports and in life. With this being said many studies have shown that there is a large increase in child obesity from back…
Scholastic ran an article that entitled “Recess makes Kids Smarter” in which it states that kids sit there getting told to be quite all day and they need a break from sitting in seats all day.…
To decrease this number Michelle Obama Let’s Move campaign which promotes sity minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise. This is beginning to be implemented in schools to help students grow up with a healthy weight (washington post par.1). By introducing new activities at recess and in class this teaches students new activities. With increased activity follows increased muscle growth, a better chance to fending obesity and the children can learn new skills and socialize. These school based activity programs target children to adolescents ages six to eighteen (result filters).…
Also, students will have time to play team sports. Finally, the most important reason is students will have enough time to eat their healthy snacks. Consequently, I will argue that an extended recess benefits students’ learning. First, students need more time to leave to the bathroom and drink water.…
Recess has been replaced with studying and other educational replacements. The educational replacements are great until it effects a child’s health and well-being. The rate of childhood obesity is growing in this country, and outside our current first lady’s effort I do not see anyone else trying to push kids to have more active and healthy lives. Every 3 out-of-five children are at risk for obesity (pediatric hypertension 129). With…