Invisa Girl and the three bandits

The theme of the week of was superheros, and the two hours were filled with excitement. Our group oragnized a game called Zaniny Zoo. We created task cards that incorperated different superheros and different movement tasks.We put our task cards in a hula hoop in the middle of the gymnasium. There were 4 lines of kids (North, South, East, West) and the first child from each line would go to the hula hoop, pick up a task card and do that movement back to his or her line. The kids seemed to fully enjoy this game.I feel the theme its self was a big reason for particpation. And Evan, Amy, Tyler, and myself did a good job of demonstarting the task. We were all over the place on the ground,in the air. I was sweating profusely after this game which is good because thats what I want my PE class to be like. Finally fun was the key all the children were having a blast, because it was a new adventure everytime arrving at the hula hoop.

Week 1 at St. Mary's

Week 1 at St. Mary's was an excellent experience for me. I had the privilege of working with the pre school children. The students were full of life and energy, which is great because it allows us to have fun with them. We played sharks and minnows with the kids and it seemed as if they enjoyed themselves. It was a challenge at first getting the whole group together for directions, but we finally got them quite to explain the game. Once we initiated the game the kids started to have fun. Eventually parents started to come so the game only lasted about 15 minutes, however in that period of time I learned a lot regarding that specific age group and other key elements such as motor development, and loco motor movements. Overall it was a lot of fun and I feel the kids learned a new fun game. Finally i think it will be very interesting when we work with the older kids to compare these different skills.