Having fun at St. Mary's

St. Mary's was a lot of fun, as always this time around. With the exception of being nervous the few games, these experiences have been a lot of fun. This time I had the children play a game where the objective was to kick a soccer ball into the other teams pins located at opposite ends of the court. It's just like soccer except with multiple balls, and instead of a goal there were pins. I figured it involve a lot more running with multiple balls, and be a lot more exercise for the kids. I just recently began playing soccer and though it's a lot of fun, it has a far amount of down time. The game worked well for running, but It was a failure in the assessing category. It was difficult for the girl being assessed to be seen clearly kicking a ball. So my teacher then had me change the game up by making the kids break into two kid teams. This allowed everyone to kick the ball a lot more, and made it into a whole new game. Also we realized just one or two kids can dictate the game for the rest of them. During another students game I noticed one kid always held the ball for a long period of time. This could have caused some kids to become bored with the game from it slowing down. Or if one or two kids shoot down a game, it may influence others to follow.