Essay on Games We Play at Recess

part of my life that had been there forever was gone. It was like a huge hole was taken out of me. For the first time in my life, I did not have recess. A wonderful time to spend with friends, to hang out, and to have fun. Recess is such an abbreviated period of time, but everyday I remember waiting to run outside and play around with my friends. Once we got outside I was ecstatic, and wanted to run, jump, and talk to friends. This is the sound of the bell. It rings DING, DING, DING. The one…

“Inactivity is associated with the tripling of childhood obesity since 1970” (Jarret). Recess could dramatically curb that number much lower then that of previous years. Since technology is taking over, most children spend the majority of their free time at home playing video games, watching television, or searching the web. Fifteen to twenty minutes of physical activity a day is all that most children need to stay physically fit and healthy. If not, the lack of physical activity could prove…

Lastly, recess helps develop skills, that middle schoolers and every person on this planet will need later on in life. Some of the skills learned are, how to communicate face-to-face with otherss, how to work with others, how to fix problems, to get along with others without an adult getting into the way, and how to be patient with others. Recess helps students to be able to think on their own. In students' lives students can do that, children can choose what game everyone wants to play and who…

each other. Let’s say you're with one of those people during recess and you’re both deciding on a game to play. You may say, “Why don’t we play hopscotch?” Then the other says, “How about foursquare?”.…

7 The bell rang for recess and all of the kids ran outside to play the games they loved to play. Patty Pancake watched with excitement as Bailey Bagel and Barry Biscuit played tether ball. Page 8 Patty waited and waited hoping to join in and play a game she too loved to play. But Bailey Bagel and Barry Biscuit would not let her play. This made Patty Pancake very sad. Page 9 Patty Pancake watched Ken the Kountry Potato, CeCe Cereal, Eric the Egg and Huckleberry Ham play four square. She…

further concretes the idea of bringing recess back into the curriculum of schools because students can benefit a very significant amount from a break, and from a bit of exercise. Recess promotes good behavior during classes and more attentiveness. Classes after a good recess program have less disruption (London et al. 58). This means that a lot more can be learned in the classes after recess, when children are a bit more energetic due to recess. Without recess, about half-way through the…

that has affected all of our lives in one way or another. When I was in elementary school the Gameboy Advanced had come out and all of my friends had gotten them. So for Christmas I had asked for one so that I could hang out with my friends and we could play together. I got one for Christmas and I was so excited. After Christmas break I finally got to go back to school and got to…

in much effort or excelled at anything in school, other than gym class. For the sake of confidentiality, let’s call this guy John Doe. John spent his elementary days goofing off and doing anything except for his school work. I remember the days of recess being some of the most fun I’ve had at school. All of the days outside seemed to roll into one. It felt somewhere between a warm summer day and a crisp autumn noon. There were dew drops on the grass that all had just about evaporated into the…

was about play, stating how a person needs play in their life to have creativity. Today in the United States we have the lowest grades in math reading and science, we are last in health care, we have the worst businesses and the US has the saddest and most depressed people in the world. The video talked about how the people of the US is handicapping themselves due to lack of creativity in their lives, we are more focused on being serious and what others think of us rather than what we think of…

Cultural Perspectives on Play – Play in different cultures By Tracy Son “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing” George Bernard Shaw Children’s play is different from culture to culture and particularity in the contexts of family ethnic culture. My culture is not highly valued play then academic. We tend to see that play and academic activities separate from each other. However, Play is acceptance because it enhanced learning and understanding the…