My recess padlet by Jovan Meadows

My thoughts

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-20 16:50:01 UTC

We're not focusing in class because of our attention spans because we're on our devices almost all day every day, leading to bad attention spans in class. We're also getting lazy because some of our parents don't check up on us to see if we're doing our work correctly, or at all. And we aren't studying at home because our parents don't make us study, and we're often too lazy to study, so we just don't do it. All of these problems contributes to the thought that we should not have recess because of our behaviour inside or out of class.

More time

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-20 17:16:08 UTC

"more time really helps students. It gives them the chance to get the help they need."

This sentance states that when students and teachers get more time to learn and teach, it gives them more time to get the help that they need, understand things better, and learn more.

Longer classes

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-20 17:20:30 UTC

"Longer classes let teachers divide the class into groups and give individual help. This keeps more students interested and stops them from getting bored and getting into trouble." In this paragraph, it explains how if students and teachers had longer class times they would be able to allow giving students individual help. And how it keeps more students intrested in what their learning or doing, and that keeps them from getting bored.

Mental development

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-21 16:15:58 UTC

"Research has proven that it is critically important for the physical and mental development of a child." (recessguardians.org.2022)

In this sentence from the article, it states how research from scientists proves that unstructured recess is important for the mental development of the child. Possibly helping out with things like mental health and emotional development as well.

More creativity

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-21 16:16:28 UTC

"Children are generally engaged in open-ended play without any specific learning objective, allowing them the freedom to create, explore and discover without the barrier of predefined rules." (recessguardians.org 2022)

In the article, it explains how when kids are engaged in play with no rules,

Dealing with the unexpected

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-21 16:18:26 UTC

"he gift of play teaches kids how to deal with the unexpected and unpredictable, and is considered to be a critically important skill in today's uncertain world."(recessguardians.org 2022)

Creativity

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-21 16:52:44 UTC

"Being creative is important because it helps kids' brains grow more than following rules does. In free play, kids make up their own games and roles." (Citation needed) in the article, it supports structured recess by saying that it allows kids to be more creative because they're free to do whatever they want. This sentence shows why kids being creative is important.

Not being told what to do.

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-21 17:03:05 UTC

"A study in 1997 found that kids who went to preschools where they played a lot were better at getting along with others later in life than kids who went to preschools where they were always being told what to do." This sentence from the article shows how kids do worse when they're always told what to do. This benefits them because this way they'll be more free and creative as a kid and growing up.

Stress relief

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-21 17:13:03 UTC

Scientists looked at how worried 3- and 4-year-old kids were on their first day of preschool. They watched how the kids behaved and how much their hands were sweating. Then they divided the kids into four groups. Some kids played alone with toys, some played with other kids, some listened to a teacher tell a story alone, and some listened to a teacher tell a story with other kids." In this sentence it explains how play can also relieve stress and make kids feel better emotionally. It explains it through a study showing how different groups of kids act differently. All doing what they're comfortable with.

A safe environment helps learn better.

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-22 16:39:43 UTC

"It’s really about the school environment and how you create a healthy school

environment for the children...if children are healthy and happy, they learn better" (chriskirsch.medium.com, 2018)

This sentence shows how structured recess can help kids by giving them good surroundings. And how improving the safety of kids during recess can help them learn in class better.

Free play makes brain grow smarter

jmead32_1 — 2025-10-22 17:06:11 UTC

"Of course, there is always support for the other side, that recess should not be structured. There’s evidence supporting this theory, suggesting that unstructured recess is good for children. According to KevinMD, “free play promotes intellectual and cognitive growth, emotional intelligence, and benefits social interactions."

This paragraph states that unstructured recess is better for children because it helps their brain grow and get smarter through creativity and socializing with other kids. And to also improve their emotional skills in understanding more through finding out things themselves.