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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 377423" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>In our state NO school with elem age children or younger can remove recess for any reason, including missing work or classroom behavior. The walk and talk is used for kids who cannot behave in class - they have the movement that they need, it is directed, they can make as much noise as they want as long as they are not yelling in the ears/faces/etc... of others. It is amazing! Few kids are given more than 15 mins walk and talk though many choose to do it all recess!</p><p> </p><p>In other states I think parents need to FIGHT to preserve recess as a time for kids to MOVE, not to sit on walls or do classwork or whatever. They NEED the time. A program like walk and talk actually increases classroom productivitiy - esp if the kids learn that they can choose to do walk and talk if they want, that it isn't just for those who behave badly. That was an early hurdle - a few of the kids who realized it helped them in the afternoons started acting up until they were given walk and talk . Once they were told they could go do it if they wanted they setlted down. Even a few "good" kids who rarely got into trouble got into some in the beginning because they wanted to do it too! -- Surprised ALL of the adults, but it happened in every school in our town!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 377423, member: 1233"] In our state NO school with elem age children or younger can remove recess for any reason, including missing work or classroom behavior. The walk and talk is used for kids who cannot behave in class - they have the movement that they need, it is directed, they can make as much noise as they want as long as they are not yelling in the ears/faces/etc... of others. It is amazing! Few kids are given more than 15 mins walk and talk though many choose to do it all recess! In other states I think parents need to FIGHT to preserve recess as a time for kids to MOVE, not to sit on walls or do classwork or whatever. They NEED the time. A program like walk and talk actually increases classroom productivitiy - esp if the kids learn that they can choose to do walk and talk if they want, that it isn't just for those who behave badly. That was an early hurdle - a few of the kids who realized it helped them in the afternoons started acting up until they were given walk and talk . Once they were told they could go do it if they wanted they setlted down. Even a few "good" kids who rarely got into trouble got into some in the beginning because they wanted to do it too! -- Surprised ALL of the adults, but it happened in every school in our town! [/QUOTE]
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