Journalist & Author
"After years of schools reducing recess time and teachers using the threat of taking away recess as a disciplinary tool, experts are tsk-tsking them for doing so – and it’s about time. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention recently issued a comprehensive set of strategies for recess that highlights the benefits of recess and reminds parents and educators that recess shouldn’t be optional, nor should it be taken away as a punishment."
Recess Is Not A Luxury: Here’s What Happens When Kids Sit Too Long At School
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“Sturdy found 55 per cent of children aged five to 17 were exceeding the guidelines for screen time.”
Kids need more green time, less screen time, says new report
vancouversun.com
“The good news here is that the solution to too much screen time is right outside our front doors,” said Jill Sturdy, the author of a Nature Canada report released on Cyber Monday.My friend Nicolette of Wilder Child only opens up her Kids’ Moon Club once a year and now is the time to sign up! Details here: wilderchild.com/kids-moon-club/
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