I have a question for you:
In your opinion, which is better for kids at school (and WHY): Eating lunch, then going out to recess, or: going out to recess, then eating lunch??
I know how I feel about it, but before I do that post, I want your views.
Thanks for sharing!!
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I have thought about this soooo many times myself!
As a teacher, I am all in favor of having recess first and then lunch. I have never taught at a school that has done it that way but in my mind it would work better for the kids. I feel like the kids rush through lunch so fast just to be the first ones outside. I actually have students take their lunch, eat the cookie and throw the rest in the garbage can and hurry outside. They are outside before I can get to the faculty room to eat.
I just think getting recess out of the way first would make them more likely to slow down and actually eat.
The only thing I could see as an issue is if, for example, 15 minutes is allotted to eat, what do the kids do that eat in 10 minutes or less? Just sit there? And, how would the teachers get a full 30 minute lunch without being interrupted to get kids situated and through the lunch line? I LOVE our aides but getting 6+ classes to lunch would be a huge job. I do it every day as a teacher and it still takes me 10+ minutes to get my 1st graders lined up, to the lunchroom, and through the line... and that's just one class. Plus, our aides have lunchroom duty as well so that would require extra people that the budget doesn't allow.
If it could work, I am 100% in favor of recess first and food second.
Interesting question... I've never thought about that before. I think I feel it's better to have them eat first and play second - otherwise half of them won't eat... right? I don't know. What do you think? Is that what your school is doing?
Recess first! We did it for 8 years in a row...no problems! The kids were starving when they came in to eat...no wasted food. When they finished, they raised their hand. The adult checks to see if they had eaten most of their lunch, cleaned their area, then were excused to go back out for maybe 4 or 5 minutes. Then they lined up. It made it so if I needed to work with kids at that recess...I could. With lunch first, you have to line kids up, take them down the hall quietly, and sometimes wait...for a long time, because they were behind. With recess first, if they were behind on serving...kids just played longer. For 8 brilliant, wonderful years...it was the best!!!
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