Power of the Playground
Mystical Powers on the Playground
Ahh elementary school, the good days filled with snacks and nap time. Though as much fun as children have rummaging through the hallways with their friends, this is also an important time in child development. Their are several factors that determines how successful a young student could be, but if you ask Mr. Bernstein, there is one that is a little more important than the others: recess. David Bornstein’s article titled The Power of the Playground offers his opinion to parents suggesting that recess should be allowed and embraced and a students overall attitude and performance (academic and social) towards school can be directly correlated to how much fun he or she had at on the playground.
The first thing parents do when they see their son or daughter after school is ask them what they did in school today. Bornstein tells readers more often than not the child's answer will have something to do with what happened around the monkey bars and down the slides. The author talks about psychologist and teachers and their stand on the issue. Many of these experts agree we need to continue the way we have always done school and keep allowing recess; some say that it takes away from actual academic time and causes to many outside issues. He continues his article by telling anecdotes, by adults, who are now parents or maybe even older. These adults share memories they still remember to this day about positive and negative influence they can still recollect on. The last part of David’s article explains an experiment done by implementing coaches into students recess time. While the coach’s said the research back them up, others felt that this constricted the only free time that children have at school. It is a different day and age from when the generation before us. Bornstein allows parents insight to what is actually going on with their son or daughter on the playground.
Many experts have endorsed recess or play time as a very
Ahh elementary school, the good days filled with snacks and nap time. Though as much fun as children have rummaging through the hallways with their friends, this is also an important time in child development. Their are several factors that determines how successful a young student could be, but if you ask Mr. Bernstein, there is one that is a little more important than the others: recess. David Bornstein’s article titled The Power of the Playground offers his opinion to parents suggesting that recess should be allowed and embraced and a students overall attitude and performance (academic and social) towards school can be directly correlated to how much fun he or she had at on the playground.
The first thing parents do when they see their son or daughter after school is ask them what they did in school today. Bornstein tells readers more often than not the child's answer will have something to do with what happened around the monkey bars and down the slides. The author talks about psychologist and teachers and their stand on the issue. Many of these experts agree we need to continue the way we have always done school and keep allowing recess; some say that it takes away from actual academic time and causes to many outside issues. He continues his article by telling anecdotes, by adults, who are now parents or maybe even older. These adults share memories they still remember to this day about positive and negative influence they can still recollect on. The last part of David’s article explains an experiment done by implementing coaches into students recess time. While the coach’s said the research back them up, others felt that this constricted the only free time that children have at school. It is a different day and age from when the generation before us. Bornstein allows parents insight to what is actually going on with their son or daughter on the playground.
Many experts have endorsed recess or play time as a very