Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rendering of the main playground space in Recess, an upcoming play-dining experience in Houston's River Oaks neighborhood.

It's not always easy to get kids to play nice. It's also not cheap. Playworks, a national non-profit that dispatches recess coaches to mostly inner-city schools, says its job is to "put the play back ...

Lafayette Elementary School has a newly renovated playground, access to a nearby park and athletic field, and roughly 900 energetic young students. So why have kids been cooped up inside during recess ...

Allen Elementary School students play during recess. The school is one of three in Wichita that’s experimenting with a new approach to recess that eases up on rules and lets kids play more freely.

You won’t find swings, slides or a kickball field outside Rhawnhurst School. Instead, the elementary school’s “playground” is a vast expanse of barren blacktop with just a lone basketball hoop.

Several parents say Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) removed unsafe playground equipment from an elementary school months ago and have been slow to replace it, leaving students with little to ...

CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A grassroots movement co-founded by two Tennessee mothers is spreading across the country, advocating for more recess time and outdoor learning opportunities in elementary ...

Roy A. Hunt School Principal Jeff Thimons wants kids to be kids. That’s why he rearranged his school’s schedule to include 22 minutes of recess daily, something new this school year. “We want kids to ...

She said the school hasn’t had a playground since April. “That leads to maybe more behavioral challenges in the classroom when they can’t get their wiggles out,” she said. “My son comes back and says ...