Lab 5

Today we played guard castle. We set up the game by first picking two teams. My group and I placed cones in the middle of the hula hoops and the object of the game was to knock the cone down by either throwing or kicking the ball. Absolutely no direct hits on a child was permitted or it would result in a cone being knocked down. I was worried that this game would turn into dodgeball, for a while there the children were very active and played the game according to the rules. After a while, I seen some direct hits, so teams were penalized for the incident. I observed a 1st bouncing and kicking the ball. While dribbling the ball, the girl was at an intial stage, whereas, kicking was more at a elementary stage. At this point I'm realizing that labs at St. Mary's is almost over for the semester. I know I'm going to miss going there. I have a great relationship with the children and I was getting more and more comfortable with my teaching style.

I think the games or activities that were performed during St. Mary’s were very appropriate because we focused on each age group of children and implemented a game that would be age appropriate and the children have a good time. The activities presented enabled the children to show off the development of movement in a way that was seen as fun and not work. I feel that the children were pushed even more when they were trying to do better than their friend. This provide a good friendly competition between the children. I think that it work great because simple and fun games that were played at St. Mary’s allowed us to see the fine motor skills of the children, to where they were having a great time and we were able to analyze the skills. They had a great time and so did I.