Resources

December 9, 2013

Game of the Week: Around the World ›

How to play this simple rotational basketball game -- that's great for recess.

December 3, 2013

The Rise of the Recess Team ›

At a recent Playworks training, the recess team clusters around four different pieces of butcher paper, drawing maps for TK kindergarten, primary, and upper-grade recesses and for the after-school program…

November 25, 2013

Game of the Week: Sharks & Minnows ›

How to play this fun game of tag to draw a crowd of kids!

November 11, 2013

Game of the Week: Watch Your Back Tag ›

How to play this fun game of tag in which everyone is it!

November 5, 2013

Writing Recess Rules ›

How Recess Rules, Jill Vialet's first novel for kids, came to be.

October 31, 2013

Positivity is Contagious ›

Develop a great school and prevent bullying with a your own positive spirit.

October 30, 2013

Anti-Bullying Programs Don’t Work? ›

Programs that teach about bullying may not work, study shows. But a culture of kindness and inclusion does.

October 28, 2013

Game of the Week: Hula Hoop Four Square ›

How to play this rotational hula hoop game.

October 24, 2013

Alternatives to Nixing Recess ›

An educator asks: What alternative consequences to taking away recess work?