No More Recess

Getting Rid of Recess?!

A teacher from Northern WI says that her school is getting rid of recess except for one at lunch. She is asking for other opinions from fellow educators. She fears that many of her kinders have long bus rides and with the dark and cold, won't get outside once home from school.

All of our students (K-6) have 2 recesses per day; about 30 min before lunch and 15 minutes later in the afternoon. For me personally, it is very obvious when my kiddos have not been able to be outside because of weather conditions. They are ever more energetic than usual! Those moments call for running time in the gym. This is the pressure that we seem to hear...serve healthier options at lunch but let's take away recess (possibly the only exercise some kids will get in their day). I don't get it.

Are anybody else's school moving to this? How many recesses are your kiddos getting?