Introducing LiiNK “Lite” – Less Expense for Schools; More Recess Opportunities

For 13 years, LiiNK has partnered with school districts toimplement and assess the LiiNK Project, i.e., giving students four 15-minute, unstructured outdoor play breaks (recess) spread throughout each school day and a daily 15-min character lesson. This partnership requires an MOU between LiiNK and the school district, up to three full days of in-person training with all teachers and administrators of the targeted grade levels, and district policy changes to incorporate the outdoor recess additions. While this project has been powerful for the involved districts and brought us endless data showing the vast benefits of increased recess for both students and teachers, the full LiiNK Project implementation can often be difficult for districts with little funding or administrator buy-in. Through a recent BCBS-TX Blue Impact Grant, Dr. Rhea and team were able to launch a new LiiNK model, LiiNK “Lite”, which involves condensed training, loose parts equipment during recess, and two recesses instead of four. LiiNK understands most educators want better for their students, but don’t always have the resources to make it happen. We hope that LiiNK “Lite” will bridge that gap and bring more recess to more schools! If you are interested in implementing LiiNK Lite or the full LiiNK Project at your school or district, please contact us at [email protected].