Jill Stubbs, Guidance Counselor, and Physical Fitness educator at Cridersville Elementary School explains, “This week we’re finishing up our boot camp and the kids absolutely enjoy doing the obstacle course and pushing tires and flipping tires and jump ropes and so. I think they enjoy being active, I think now kids just are distracted with tablets and they don’t realize they can have just as much fun outside doing things.”
Cridersville third-grader Noah Reichelderfer talks about what he likes at recess, “A good day would be do all of them at once and just keep running until I get tired enough. (Reporter question - Do you realize that’s good for you?) Noah nodded Yes.
Josh Inglis, a Science teacher at Lima West Middle School explains their plan, “It’s the whole student. It’s the physical aspect but also the mental and emotional aspect of the day that helps a kid get through it. So we definitely focused on that aspect of it. We went through some fidgets with the students for the classroom sets. Some lighting options to dim and more soothing and cooling lighting, some seating options. So, things to really help kids focus or redirect or just center themselves when we have some emotional moments.”
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