Figure 1.--The morning break is free time and the children can choose how they want to use it. Morning break can be a time of frentic activity. Some children know just how they want to spend the period. Others have not yet worked it out.
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Figure 1.--The morning break is free time and the children can choose how they want to use it. Morning break can be a time of frentic activity. Some children know just how they want to spend the period. Others have not yet worked it out. |
There is usually a morning break of about a half an hour when the children are allowed to play outside, weather permitting. The morning breal usually occurs at about 11:00 or 11:30. This is what is called recess in America. Often milk and juices with biscuits (cookies) or buns are available. The morning break is free time and the children can choose how they want to use it.This is normally a period of frentic activity in which the children can choose a variety of games and activities to amuse themselves. Quite a range of activities take place during the morning break. The boys are most likely to be involved in active outdorr ganes and sports which vary with the seasons and school fads. Here age is a factor. Younger children are interested in games while older children are more interested in sports. Many schools have playground equipment. The girls sometimes join in, but often are not as interested in games, especially sports. Hopscotch and jump rope are popular with the girls. They also are more interested in forming little groups and chatting. Some schools have a change of uniform for morning break. At one school the children put on boilersuits in inclement weather. At several scholols the children put on seneakers (trainers).
