Finns are dead serious about recess. Not only are the breaks required, but kids are required to go outside in all kinds of weather. Even in the deep Finnish winter, Walker said, unless the thermometer dips to an unholy level, elementary student kids are required to bundle up and go out. Administrators lock the doors to keep them out.
The breaks are short, of course. In the winter, by the time the kids get coats on and out the door, they may only have 10 minutes outside. “This isn’t deep play,” Walker said. The goal is to simply clear the mind and wiggle the limbs long enough to renew focus.
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There is another article somewhere about the fact that after we have gone through an intensive learning (like an hour or two, or maybe even less) we will retain better if we have silence for a while rather than running right out to something else.
I can even see that pause being valuable between meaningful sentences or paragraphs of information told by an instructor or speaker.
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