Yahoo

Experts Settle Whether It's Better for Kids to Have Lunch or Recess First

Kids have so much to focus on in school, so they deserve, and need, quality break time. Thank goodness for recess, then—the perfect pause for kids to play and reset their energy—as well as lunch ...
CNN

Pediatrics group issues new guidance on recess for the first time in 13 years

Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That’s the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the ...
Medical Xpress

Schools have cut recess for years. Why new pediatric guidance says that should change

Recess isn't just a fun break for grade schoolers. It's crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That's the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the ...
NBC 7 San Diego

‘Very powerful benefit': Pediatricians group finds kids of all ages need regular recess

Recess isn’t just a fun break for grade schoolers. It’s crucial to good health and good grades for kids of all ages. That's the message from a leading pediatricians group, which just released the ...
WFAE

All work and no play: Should kids have longer school recess?

The playground at the Ballantyne Bowl has slides, climbing ropes and lots of other playground equipment. But on a recent Saturday afternoon, 9-year-old Christian Glynn and his 4-year-old brother ...