Extremes: How Girls Play Slaughter, How Boys Play Slaughter at Valley Oak Elementary

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Linda Riley

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Lunchtime at Valley Oak Elementary School in Davis is busy. Packs of children roar through the playground, running, shouting, shoving, laughing, skipping, crying, kicking, cheering, and chasing-their movements seem random and complicated to the adult eye. But if you watch carefully, you can find a method to all their madness. The children sort themselves out. Some play alone, some in small groups of two or three, some in larger groups. And they know who belongs where: The benches nearest the classrooms are for the loners, the jungle gym and lawn area east of the school are for the small groups, and the center of the playground is where the large groups play.

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