michigan

=News from East Lansing, Michigan by Meyer's Island Classroom=

The Peaceful Playground
Hi! I’m Kit Kat and I go to Laingsburg Elementary School in Laingsburg, Michigan. I went to interview the 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Wickham, to ask her a couple of questions on what it was like to make peaceful playground. She said it wasn’t hard but it took 2 full days of working from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM! When they started the project they mapped it out, drew it in chalk, then painted over the chalk lines. They did Peaceful Playground so that more kids would do things and not make bad choices. It’s also because everyone will have the same rules. A teacher named Mrs. Perry brought the idea to our school. She told the staff at a teacher meeting early in the summer. Everyone liked it. They talked with Perry Elementary School who also had the same program. They said it helped a lot and more importantly the students and staff liked it, too. They worked on peaceful playground all summer long. Now our Laingsburg Elementary School students play on it every chance they get. I think it helped our school a lot, and I encourage other schools to use it too! Thanks for reading my article on peaceful playground! I hope you can enjoy it as much as we do! Thanks again! Bye! Your friend, Kit Kat! Hi, I am Coop and I interviewed a teacher named Mrs. Whitmore, here at Laingsburg Elementary school, in Laingsburg, Michigan. We just got our peaceful playground this year and so far we are loving it. Mrs. Whitmore is a teacher who helped paint and put together our peaceful playground. So I asked her some questions and this is what she said. Peaceful Playground was a way for kids to interact with each other without arguing. So far I think it has definitely been helping our school in many different ways. The teachers all sat down at a teacher meeting. A third grade teacher named Mrs. Perry got a video about peaceful playground, and showed it during the meeting. All the teachers liked it, some teachers (like Mrs. Whitmore) even volunteered to help paint the peaceful playground for us. The painting was harder then they expected because they had to find space and measure places where the games could fit. Once the teachers started painting it took only 2 days. Before they started painting it took about 4 to 5 days. They had to find the chalk, and order the paint, then lay down the chalk. Then they had to find room for each game to go. There is about 10 different kinds of games on our playground, but luckily we have lots more space on our playground for more games. Just so if we like a game that we have there will be more places for them. Thanks for reading my article, and I hope you guys in New Hampshire have a great school year!!!!!! Thanks a lot, sincerely, COOP!!!!!!!!!

 