The real learning loss from the pandemic has been social and emotional skills. Such as making and maintaining friendships, participating in group projects, and regulation of emotions. Students need unstructured play, recess, and group interaction more than ever.
Breaks are key to learning—skipping them may rob students of valuable cognitive processing time, new neuroscience research suggests.
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If education is really “all about the kids” then why does it generally:
*limit physical activity, play time, the arts, socialization
*focus only on standardized tests as success
* give students little voice/input into learning
* focuses on their weaknesses not strengths