You know, if they would go back to allowing kids to PLAY at RECESS, not assign so much homework in the first through fourth grades so kids could GO OUTSIDE AND EXERCISE THEIR BODIES, and get used to exercise and how good it feels, THEN KIDS COULD HAVE NORMAL SNACKS like cookies and cakes.
Not that I’m a radical or anything.
“You know, if they would go back to allowing kids to PLAY at RECESS, not assign so much homework in the first through fourth grades so kids could GO OUTSIDE AND EXERCISE THEIR BODIES, and get used to exercise and how good it feels, THEN KIDS COULD HAVE NORMAL SNACKS like cookies and cakes.”
The primary culprit in th decline of “recess” is the enormous rise in state and federal standardized tests that have to be passed because of NCLB and state standards.
Right on target I would say.
How about having a real PE class every day where they learn how to play different games and exercise?
They could make PE really fun with Jazzercise or Martial Arts.
Heck, I think it would be fun to hook up a big screen version of Dance Dance Revolution and have the kids do that together.