Talk:Recess (break)

Concentration
Kids (and indeed all of us) need to have breaks - it helps concentration. This should be mentioned in here somewhere, with any appropriate research, evidence and references. violet/riga (t) 16:32, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * I'll take a look around to see what I can find, but it might be nice for someone with written materials or at least more knowledge in this specific subject area to add to this. violet/riga (t) 23:02, 7 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I agree with you violet. http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-2/recess.html has a great article. There are also one or two in most major newspapers; I found a few in the New York Times and Washington Journal. Balgarion13 (talk) 21:36, 9 September 2009 (UTC)

Violet, I agree with you. Research has indeed shown that children have a very limited capacity to pay attention for long periods of time. Recess gives the brain a chance to "recharge". -Harry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.252.233.244 (talk) 21:18, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

Labour force
What about lunch breaks for workers? Shouldn't that be included here too, or should there instead be a separate article for that?

Lucky
MY school only gets 30 minutes for recess, not 45. But seriously, shouldn't there be somthing about that? Raichu 21:59, 14 May 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm changing the recess time to an interval that should be typical of most schools instead of an arbitrary time of 25 minutes —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rcurtis5 (talk • contribs).


 * You're the lucky one! My school only lets us have 20 minutes for 'recess'! And then I can only have 45 minutes for lunch! --90.192.55.115 (talk) 04:09, 10 August 2009 (UTC)


 * You're all lucky - my school gave us 15 minutes for luch, then off to recess for another 15 minutes. What if you hadn't finished your lucnh? Oh well. So glad I'm out of that awful place. --TheGrandAmanin (talk) 01:25, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Different names for recess
I'm from Australia, and I've never once heard recess called "little lunch" before, we call it recess also. Maybe it's a dialectical thing. I'm about to modify the article a bit for clarification. WikiSlasher 14:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Same with "playlunch".

I'm also from Australia and speaking as child of the 50s in Brisbane, morning recess was always referred to by the children at least as little lunch. I have no idea now what the official designation was, but for the kids, it was little lunch and the regular lunch break was "big lunch". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.126.82.155 (talk) 10:32, 1 May 2012 (UTC)

In the UK I have never heard the term Recess used, only Play time and Lunch time. Sheep21

In the UK I've never heard play time, instead rather 'break' and 'lunch time.' So I'm going to add that - if anybody disagrees then change it back.


 * Agreed. I think the only time I've heard it called 'playtime' is during the infants or nursery. We refer to it as break now or breaktime. (I'm from the UK btw! :P) --90.192.55.115 (talk) 04:12, 10 August 2009 (UTC)

Coffee Mug
what's with the MSpaint style custom coffee mug picture on the top right???? coffee break is not a mug. the picture looks very childish. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 152.10.202.135 (talk) 23:50, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

GGlapion: Contributions
I edited the recess data section, the childhood obesity section, the effects on classroom management section, and the restriction of recess as disciplinary action section. In the recess data section, a few different things needed citations for certain data. I either found the statistic that the other author had used or found a new and correct statistic. Also, a few different sentences were plagiarized. When I googled certain sentences they popped up exactly as typed on wikipedia on other websites. So, I either paraphrased and cited or found a new original sentence with information that would fit. Also, some of the information in this section had no link to what was supposed to be being said. For example, there was a sentence that contrasted indoor recess to outdoor recess without making this clear. I removed this sentence as it was not fit for this portion of the article. Also in this section, there was some really biased information such as saying that every child's schedule is demanding and that they do not have enough time for physical activity. I replaced this with non-biased statements. In the childhood obesity section there wasn't a lot of information. But, where there was information, it either needed citations or was plagiarized. Much of the work that was here was statistics with no evidence to back it up. Also, I added scholarly sources to really advance the meaning and truth behind this article and really support its foundation. It was sad to see so many sentences plagiarized. I fixed this by finding the source and paraphrasing and citing their information. In the effects on classroom management section, I added more information to make this section stronger as well as added citations. Much of the article needed citations as well as information to back up what they were saying. For example, they would say "according to a study" but then not cite that study. Also, sometimes I couldn't even find a study that even correlated with the statistics listed. In the restriction of recess as disciplinary action section there was biased information as well as many needed citations. For the biased information, I found information that was backed up by evidence and changed that sentence. As for the sentences that needed citations, I either found the source from where their information came from or I found new and more accurate information for that sentence. As a summary of what I did to change this article, I added citations, some scholarly and some regular to make this article stronger. Also, I made sure that anything that was plagiarized was changed. Lastly, I took out all biased information and created a less biased and more fact based article. Glapion Gglapion (talk) 23:34, 18 October 2018 (UTC)

HOathout: Contributions
I contributed information that strictly focused on recess in schools. What is involved and the multiple activities that can take place at recess weather indoor or outdoor and the physical, cognitive, and social and enotional benifts that children gain by this activity. I deleted a great deal of information that was not necessary for the type article we were trying to create. I also added information on recess in the United States. Hayoathout 15:27, 1 December 2018 (UTC)

ACraft: Contributions
I contributed a few sentences about the importance of problem solving in a child's social-emotional development and how free play helps to foster those skills. Problem solving is an integral part of child development and recess or free play gives the students and the teacher an opportunity to gain those skills in a comfortable, casual setting. Recess also gives teachers the time to observe children's actions and development and can use those observations to bring new activities into the classroom. Acraft2 (talk) 01:16, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

GGlapion: Contributions
I added some citations for different sentences that needed information to back it up as well as added new researched information to make the article stronger. This was added in the recess data section as well as the disciplinary action section. Also, I added some links to other wiki articles to make sure people who read the article can use those resources to help their understanding on the topic. I also fixed the different sources that had red on them that needed attention. I moved the disciplinary action section to make the article flow better. Gglapion (talk) 02:56, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

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Split out non-school use?
The last section regarding parliamentary recess seems out of place here, the entire article only talks about the school and educational concept up until that point. I get that it would be a short article, it might be possible to merge it into somewhere else maybe? 162.208.168.92 (talk) 05:16, 9 April 2021 (UTC)


 * Support two years too late.  Invading Invader  (userpage, talk) 21:58, 29 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. Libcub (talk) 22:05, 24 January 2023 (UTC)


 * Support per nom. A new article titled Recess (motion) should be created. --Omnipaedista (talk) 09:14, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ WhatamIdoing (talk) 20:16, 2 August 2023 (UTC)