Children taught skills to monitor and control their anger and other emotions improved their classroom behavior and had significantly fewer school disciplinary referrals and suspensions, according to a new study.
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May 21, 2009
Does recess really improve classroom behavior?
When I was in elementary school, we had two recesses every day: 20 minutes in the morning and 20 minutes in the afternoon. Plus, we had a 30-minute lunch period, and as soon as we finished eating we were free to go outside and play until the bell rang.So I was a little surprised when our kids started elementary school 30 years later and found that there was almost *no* recess. Even at lunchtime,
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