Reply #2: Too much, IMO. [View All]

I have elementary recess duty every day. It is the longest, most boring part of my day, even worse than lunch duty. They have 30 minutes before lunch. It is too long and they get bored and start picking on each other. They cannot make up games, cannot entertain themselves, cannot even get along unsupervised. "Indoor recess" (on rainy days) is even worse. I hate it!

Yes, they have beautiful playground equipment, lots of balls, jump-ropes, sidewalk chalk, hula hoops, you name it. PTO buys them a lot of "stuff." Kids just don't know how to "play" anymore!

They also have 30 min. PE classes per week. They have music once a week, and art just every other week.