Recess, and unstructured play, are essential for children’s development—both in building communication and leadership skills, ...

She said the school hasn’t had a playground since April ... “My son comes back and says the worst part of the day is recess, which is pretty sad for a third grader,” Liz Osborn said.

who died after falling from a playground slide during recess. Dallin Cunningham was playing on “a corkscrew-styled slide” at Rose Springs Elementary School in Stansbury Park on Feb. 6 ...

Suzanne Perez KMUW The scene at Wichita’s Allen Elementary School is pretty typical for a school playground at recess — lots of running, jumping, climbing and screaming. But there’s ...

In addition, altered recess time management, by using a recess schedule which allowed a maximum of two classes at the playground at the same time, reduced the number of children on the playground at ...

When children were organizing their own games of soccer and basketball, the games were apparently 'not inclusive, fair or fun ...