Recess coaches put "play" back into the playground.
Everyone gets into the game at a Playworks recess.
It's recess at Bennett-Kew Elementary School in Inglewood, California, and children parade single file onto the playground. At the sound of a whistle, they run to different corners of the blacktop and form orderly groups to play four-square, kickball, handball, and basketball. Others twirl hula hoops or jump rope in double-dutch. There's even a friendly soccer game at the far end of the schoolyard.
There's no pushing or shoving, no screaming, name calling, or teasing, and there are no kids left on the sidelines because the schoolyard bullies are hogging the ball.
