4 Reasons More Recess Helps Kids Do Better in School

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Kids need recess because they need exercise and they need to have fun with friends and get their energy out so they won't be wild in class.So please let kids have recess.You will feel good after you let kids have longer recess.Please help kids have longer recess please.

kelsie of MO 12:12PM April 30, 2010

if you take away recess, kids will do worse in school and suck at life

joe of GA 3:23PM April 27, 2010

if you take away recess, kids will do worse in school and suck at life

joe of GA 3:22PM April 27, 2010

poop

bob of KY 1:45PM April 16, 2010

kids need more recess

ashley holmes of NH 9:59AM March 17, 2010

we might get resses taken away 4eva

pamela of MN 7:35PM March 08, 2010

we need more recess in school because for better coroperation

monique lara of CA 5:01PM March 01, 2010

I wish principals were not dumb as posts about "managing" schools. But many of them are and unfortunately are goaded to this by also-dumb superintendents. Worse, many of them think they are living in a chain-of-command world, with their orders important and teachers' thoughts irrelevant. As someone said, "it wasn't that I didn't like school, it was just the principal of the thing".

Muser of NM 8:28PM February 10, 2010

"Physical activity is necessary for cognitive growth" A 15 minute Recess is not enough at for my 4th Graders in Anahiem, California. I know this, so I planned Physical Education (mandated in California) right afer a recess. When I did this, my students were already warmed up. In P.E. I taught skills and fair play. My students had a consistent 30 minutes of activity a day. I found students were learning Math at a quicker pace. They were focused and seemed happier to learn. However, after a few weeks of this working really well..... I was told "NO"....The principal force me to change my P.E. time after Math...She said "Students learn more in the morning"... We are now dragging!!!!

Dana Bourgeois of CA 12:22PM February 07, 2010

As a veteran educator who has seen the pendulum swing so many times, I've come to deplore the lack of recess afforded our students. They barely have time to use the facilities, get a drink, and sit down again. We've even lost our P.E. teacher, so P.E. falls to the teacher (who in most instances has never taught P.E.).
Eight-year-olds are energy machines. Boys this age can hardly sit for more than twenty minutes without coming up with creative ways to distract themselves and others. Young children are not equipped to sit for hours uninterrupted by vigorous activity. Ask any parent who's taken a long road trip! They can't help it! Nor should they have to. Physical activity is necessary for cognitive growth. We know this, yet the powers that be who only see the bottom line, in this case instructional minutes, are like financial bean-counters. And we know how effective these people are at managing any kind of enterprise, much less education.

Linda Larson of CA 1:57PM February 06, 2010