Increase Recess Time in STMA Schools!
Summary of the Research Supporting More Outdoor Play
No Child Left Inside Research Paper
Reference List (all the references below, and more, in one document)
.: Research Studies :.
The Crucial Role of Recess in Schools (American Academy of Pediatrics...read the recommendations)
Research Based Case for Recess
The Developmental and Educational Significance of Recess in Schools
It’s Playtime: The Value of Play in Early Education and How to Get Teachers on Board
The Crisis in Early Education: A Research-Based Case for More Play and Less Pressure
Playing Outside Can Save Your Child's Eyesight
Scientists Say Child's Play Helps Build a Better Brain
Less-structured Time in Children's Daily Lives Predicts Self-directed
Executive Functioning
Crisis in the Kindergarten: Why Children Need to Play in School
The Power of Play (pages 24-25 are about physical play)
.: News & Blog Articles :.
Moms Press Eden Prairie Schools to Increase Recess Time
(CBS Minnesota)
Eden
Prairie Parents Want Schools to Increase Recess Time
(Fox 9 Minnesota)
Texas School Triples Recess Time and Sees Immediate Positive Results in Kids (ScaryMommy.com)
Why Young Kids Need Less Class Time — and More Play Time —
at School (Washington Post)
Parents want recess for their kids. Here’s why they should
keep fighting for it (Washington Post)
Why Nature is the Best Extracurricular for Your Child
(1000HoursOutside.com)
Children Must Engage in Active Play for Optimal Brain Function
(GuardianLV.com)
Let ‘Em Out! The Many Benefits of Outdoor Play In Kindergarten
(KQED.org)
This Is Our Youth (New York
Times)
The Creativity Crisis (Newsweek)
A Serious Need For Free Play (Boston Globe)
Effort to Restore Children's Play Gains Momentum (New York Times)
.: Books :.
Caring Spaces, Learning Places:
Children’s Environments That Work
Jim Greenman, 2005
Childhood and Nature: Design Principles
for Educators
David Sobel, 2008
Cultivating Outdoor
Classrooms
Eric Nelson, 2012
The Great Outdoors: Advocating for
Natural Spaces for Young Children
Mary S. Rivkin, 2014
Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our
Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder
Richard Louv, 2006
Lens on Outdoor Learning
Wendy Banning & Ginny Sullivan, 2010
Nature and Young Children: Encouraging
Creative Play and Learning in Natural Environments
Ruth Wilson, 2007
The Nature Principle: Human Restoration
and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder
Richard Louv, 2011
Nature’s Playground Activities, Crafts,
and Games to Encourage Children to Get Outdoors
Fiona Danks & Jo Schofield, 2007
Play, How It Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and
Invigorates the Soul
Brown & Vaughan, 2009
Play = Learning: How Play Motivates and Enhances Children’s
Cognitive and Social-Emotional Growth
Singer,
Golinkoff, and Hirsch-Pasek, 2006
The Power of Play: How Spontaneous, Imaginative Activities Lead to
Happier, Healthier Children
David Elkind,
2007
.: Organizations :.
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