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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in an elementary school, and find that some boys have a difficult time at recess not because they are being excluded deliberately, but because they don't want to do the same things that the majority of the other boys are doing.  Usually, there is a giant game of soccer, or football going on.  My own son had this problem in the 3rd grade, until he found a few boys and girls that preferred imaginative play.  [/quote]

My DD had the same issue in 1st grade -- she didn't want to play beauty shop or fashion show or whatever it was the other girls wanted to do.  The other girls didn't want to look for bugs under the bushes with her.  So to her it was "nobody wants to play with me."  We talked to her teacher and he moved her to sit with a girl he thought she'd connect with and they did end up being recess playmates that year.  In 2nd grade she found two BFFs who are completely on her wavelength and they are still BFFs now in 5th grade.

As a kid who was often solo at recess (due to my shyness) I tended to, as PPs mention, climb alone on the equipment or play handball.

I'd definitely discuss it with his teacher and if that doesn't help, raise it to the school counselor.[/quote]

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