Lab Number Three

The third lab was a huge success. My group and I got together and made the game endless bucked our own. We cut out super hero logos and put them on and then got capes to wear along with two extras for the kids. The loved every minute of it. We told them that the super hero's were taking the week off and that we were sent to train the children to fight crime and be super heros for them. We included the skills that were needed in class, i and included new ones. We had the children do all different kinds of skills, one was scalling a building by sliding, another was crawling through a tunnel, flying sith a cape on, and jumping from buildings. The kids loved it. None of the children sat out and that is always good when everyone is involved.

Lab Number Twoo

The second visit to St Marys was a little different then what we expected. We came in with a game to play, thinking that the kids were going to love it. The response was different then what we expected. First we began to set up the parachute ad put the mommy barn yeard animals outiside, and the babies under the parachute. Once we bring the kids over, they start running and laying on the parachute. It took about 5 minutes to get them to stay off the parachute. Then we told them to go around then parachute and hold onto it with two hands. The kids started shaking it like crazy and going under it. Once we finally calmed them down again, we explained what the game was and how to play. We started, but the kids kept on going under the parachute and making it shake and some were not listening so we had to keep on telling them to shake the parachute soft and not go under it unless it was there turn. We made the kids run, skip, hop on one foot, and gallop to help with the evaluations.

When we finished, there were some kids that came up to us and said they didnt get a chance to do the game part. Knowing this, next time we knew we had to make it equla for everyone to participate in. Despite the crazy events that happened, we still had fun and we learned from our mistakes so that we wont make them again.

First Experience at St. Mary's

On monday afternoon we entered St. Mary's expecting the unexpected. Once we were in the school we split up into our groups and headed off to beging our first day. My group was assigned the pre-K kids. The kids ranged from the ages 2-5 and there were two different class rooms. Our group split up to cover both classrooms at once. While in the classroom, we just needed to interact and communicate with the children. The main goal was to get them to communicate back with us, and really start to get to know them. To my surprise the kids reacted great and were not just giving me yes and no answers. There were a few that all they did was talk, which was great! I played with blocks, ate pretend cookies, drank pretend orange juice, read books and colored with them. After snack time it was our turn to go play in the gym. The kids were running up and down the walls. They had so much energy from being cooped up in classroom the whole day. Our group didnt really have set games, but we were creative and made up some games that i felt they enjoyed. One game was where we put a bunch of hola hoops in a circle and then had the kids jup through them. we had them do one leg and then we also picked some of the hola hoops up so they could craw through them. Another game i thought the kids liked was that they would get inside the hoops and then we would pretend we are driving then around in cars and steering them. Before we knew it time was up and we had to go.

All in all i had a really great first experience at St. Mary's. I think i had just as much fun as the kids did. I cant wait to work with different levels and create new activities.

Dodgeball

“Dodge, duck, dip, dodge and duck” are a few great words from the comedy Dodge Ball. The game dodge ball has become a subject of controversy in schools all over the United States. Should dodge ball be removed from the Physical Education curriculum completely?

My opinion on the subject of dodge ball is no, dodge ball should not be removed from the curriculum completely. I believe that it should be removed from classroom Phys. Ed. but I think that when students are not in school hours that they should be allowed to play. The reason I believe this is because from past experiences, dodge ball is a very popular activity amongst the students. Although there were a few stragglers in my class during high school, almost everyone participated. It is a great workout that consists of running, throwing dodging and catching, and some students really do enjoy playing it.

Some variations of the game could include foam balls so that no one will end up getting hurt if they get hit hard. You could also play that students can only hit below the waist, and if they hit above it then they are out. Reducing risk is always good. Another variation could be having people hit an object instead of other students. Finally, you can split up the teams so that the more skillful people are competing against each other on one side of the gym, and the people less skilled on the other side competing against each other. This also helps keep students from bullying on others, and everyone can participate more.

There are many pros and cons of playing dodge ball, but I feel if you do some of these variations, and keep students involved and safe then dodge ball should be allowed during out of school activities. Keeping a safe environment and keeping kids active will produce a healthy Physical Education Program.