The Power of Recess and Movement

This week’s episode is all about recess and movement. In my opinion, we don’t value the power of movement enough; it’s so vital to help kids focus, work on social skills, be more ready to learn, and manage big emotions. In this episode of the podcast, I talk about two pieces of research that focus on the power of recess:

The LiiNK project where children get 4 periods of recess per day. LiiNK students typically decrease their off-task behaviors by 25-35% in the first year, their reading and math scores go up, plus they were observed smiling and laughing more.

A position paper named ‘A Research-Based Case for Recess’ which looks at the social, academic, and physical effects of having more recess.

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast

A research based case for recess - https://www.playworks.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/US-play-coalition_Research-based-case-for-recess.pdf

LIINK project - https://liinkproject.tcu.edu/about

Marvelous Movement Activity Book and other Movement Coping Style Resources

https://store.copingskillsforkids.com/collections/movement-coping-style