How Parents Can Ensure that Schooling Does Not Interfere with their Childrens Education.
Episode 1: Taking Recess Away Teacher: “Class, you can have your lost recess time back when you show me that you can sit quietly and focus on this worksheet for the next fifteen minutes without talking or staring out the window or bothering someone else.”
With one voice Class replies: “No deal. Here’s the deal: We will complete this worksheet if you: 1) allow plenty of time in the schedule for us to do it, 2) suggest various worthwhile options for what we can do if we finish early, 3) give us opportunities to be creative, 4) let us work quietly with a partner, 5) show that you understand how important friends, joy and physical play are for making us smarter and more capable of doing your worksheet by never, ever, threatening to take recess away from us, again.
