Recess Lab for Parents and Families

A new Gallup survey found that parents and kids are aligned when it comes to valuing play and wanting more of it — but preferences aren’t matching up with reality. Parents reported that children are spending significantly more time in front of screens than they are at play, inside or outside.

As a parent, there’s a lot you can do to encourage and support healthier play at your child’s school – and make sure it’s a big part of their experience on the weekends, too.

Here’s how to get started:

• Learn more about outcomes of safe and healthy play. 
• Share Recess Lab with your friends and fellow parents.
• Help your student’s principal or teachers learn what’s really happening on their playground with our Recess Checkup.
• If recess is an afterthought at your school, don’t wait for someone else to step up and fix it. Download our free toolkit to educate your PTO or PTA and principal about the power of play. 

SOURCE: Are We Losing Play Without a ‘Purpose’?, Education Week, August 1, 2017; http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2017/08/Gallup_how_parents_understand_play_purpose.html