Educational Toy Company Click-A-Brick Extols Report On The Importance of Recess
The report “A Research-Based Case for Recess” by Olga S.Jarrett of Georgia State University, published by the the U.S. Play Coalition, reveals the importance of recess for children. It cites that the majority of the top-ranking countries in international tests have schools that provide frequent play breaks. For example, English primary children have breaks in the morning and in the afternoon. They also have a long lunch break. Children in Japan receive 10-20 minute breaks between 45-minute lessons. In Finland, schools offer 15 minutes to play after each 45 minutes...
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