SECTION 746.2707. What activities must I provide for a school-age child?

Daily activities for a school-age child must include at least the following:

(1) Study time for those children who choose to work on homework;

(2) Opportunities for outdoor play, weather permitting;

(3) Opportunities for thinking skills and sensory development. Examples of age-appropriate equipment or activities include sand and water play; construction materials and blocks; puzzles with 50 or more pieces; pattern-making materials, such as wood, paper, plastic, beads, ceramic tiles, cloth, or cardboard; games that contain rules and require some skill or strategy; specific skill development materials, such as rulers, tape measures, telescopes, weather observation equipment, models of the solar system, and microscopes; books; and magazines;

(4) Opportunities for small-muscle development. Examples of age-appropriate equipment or activities include art and craft materials, such as paints, markers, colored pencils, crayons, clay, weaving, or braiding materials; music and musical instruments of all types; and puzzles or interlocking building blocks;

(5) Opportunities for large-muscle development. Examples of age-appropriate equipment or activities include balls and sports equipment, such as kick balls, baseballs, soccer balls, basketballs, skates, and horseshoes; riding equipment, such as kick scooters or skateboards, with kneepads, elbow pads, and helmets; and outdoor and gym equipment, such as slides, swings, climbing apparatus, and upper-body equipment;

(6) Opportunities for active play both indoors and outdoors. Examples of age-appropriate equipment or activities include active games such as tag and Simon Says, dancing and creative movement to music and singing, simple games and dramatic or imaginary play that encourages running, stretching, climbing, and walking; and

(7) Opportunities for social and emotional development. Examples of age-appropriate equipment or activities include dolls with detailed, realistic accessories; role-play materials, including real equipment for library, hospital, post office, costumes, makeup and disguise materials; puppets and puppet show equipment; transportation toys, such as small vehicles or models; play and art materials; nature materials; and human and animal figurines.

Source Note: The provisions of this §746.2707 adopted to be effective September 1, 2003, 28 TexReg 1402; amended to be effective December 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 10238; amended to be effective April 15, 2017, 42 TexReg 1575; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909; amended to be effective March 10, 2021, 46 TexReg 1479