Recess is a must. It is crucial for elementary students. It is just as important to child development as core curriculum is. Recess helps students with physical, social and cognitive abilities that otherwise can not be taught in a classroom. Even though students learn a lot while in the classroom they do not have the attention span to sit and be quiet for a long period of time. Therefore information is lost and not retained. Recess is a great way for students to take a brain break from school and work on other skills not taught in the classroom. Also during these breaks it gives there brain time to retain information just taught. So students will remember more if breaks are given at allotted times that work for the teacher and the students.
