from Playborhood Berkeley
The Freedom and Fun of Forts
Posted: 05/05/08 02:15 PM
For some children recess provides the most important reason to come to school. With its promise of games of chase and tag, clique-bound conversations, solitary wandering and exploration, pretend and war play, recess provides reliable access to a scarce resource of immense value in the lives of children: spontaneous self-direction.
But at one school in Massachusetts, recess meant just one thing for many children: time to work and play on their forts.
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by Mark Powell
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