Another experience that was different was that, unless it was pouring with rain, we went out every day when I was in kindergarten and lower school. At my daughter’s school? They weren’t allowed out if the temperature dipped below 32 degrees. They were made to sit in the auditorium and watch Home Alone II, over and over again because there were no other videos in the school collection.
This kind of short-sighted, let’s-take-the-easiest-approach helps administrators and hurts children, who need to run around to let off all that steam that accumulates when they sit at desks in classrooms too long.
One of my favorite premises from grad school was that of Howard Gardner, who developed a theory of multiple intelligences, arguing that children learn in all different ways, including the “kinesthetic” learner.
This would be the child who needs to run around the play yard to let off all that steam.
https://www.verywellmind.com/gardners-theory-of-multiple-intelligences-2795161