Persuasive Essay On Inclusive Play

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Over the course of the next school year, countless elementary school teachers will be spending their own money stocking their classrooms with supplies which may not last more than a few months. Unplanned, new students will arrive throughout the year with little more than a pencil and a backpack, certainly not enough to get themselves engaged in active learning with the rest of their marker-wielding classmates. At recess, students will likely not have enough playground equipment including balls, jump ropes, sidewalk chalk, and the like. Because of this, they will have difficulty involving themselves in inclusive play and will resort to less productive and meaningful forms of play which can lead to underdeveloped social, emotional, and cognitive …show more content…

Recess is a time of the day of equal importance to regular school subjects, and should be treated as such. In speaking with my mother who is a second grade teacher at Valley Forge Elementary School, I learned that inclusive play is something that her school greatly supports. Inclusive play is when students play organized, team-building games together, opposed to merely chasing each other on the playground or roaming around individually. Without proper supplies such as balls, jump ropes, and sidewalk chalk, less students can be included in inclusive play and, because of this, their social, cognitive, and emotional development …show more content…

Saturday (5/21) and Sunday (5/22)
I will go online and research the issue more, looking specifically for scholarly articles/books/journals.
I will also search for other secondary sources such as articles that parents have written outlining the effects recess and inclusive play has had on their child, or studies that have been proven to show the positive benefits of inclusive play.
Monday (5/23)
I will email people who can help me to raise money for school supplies as well as recess supplies.
I will also most likely set up a school supply drive so that people can donate even after this project is completed.

Tentative Solutions

Possible ways to solve this issue are to hold a school supply drive, where people can choose to donate school supplies. Another solution is from a teacher in Nevada who has created donorschoose.org page where people can donate money for school supplies, and in doing so, can even see and choose exactly where their money is going. One of these pages can be set up for Valley Forge Elementary School if people would rather donate money instead of actual

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