Análisis bibliográfico sobre los programas de recreos activos

The aim of this project is reviewing, compiling and analyzing the bibliography related to the active recess programs in school centers. A documental review was conducted, containing all the published articles from 2010 to 2018 in the following databases: Dialnet, EBSCOhost, Google Scholar and Web of Science. The keywords used were: recreos activos, active recreation and active recess. From this search, 153 articles were found, and after that a selection was made with the following deferral criteria: (1) to be original articles; (2) published in indexed journals; (3) articles written in spanish or english; and (4) articles that describe the development of the activities during the recess. A total of 10 articles were obtained for the analysis. In the results, it was observed that the most common were those of experiences (50%), followed by researches (40%). Related to the educational stages aimed for, Primary was the most common (56,3%), followed by Preschool (25%). According to the analyzed programs, it is observed that the most usual actions to encourage the physical activity in recesses are: tournaments, cooperative games, adquisition of new sport gear and the building of self- constructed materials.