Twister Twister

Starting off the day watching the little gymnasts just made my day! It warms my heart to see those little girls just starting their adventure of gymnastics.

Field day was so much fun! When I was younger field day was a day of hardcore competition. Even though the events were all mostly just for fun, the kids seemed to be having lots of fun. I got to work the Twister station. Some of the positions those kids managed to get themselves into were hilarious. After the first class, I ended up not using the spinner very often. I would just call out whatever I wanted and twist them up myself. The students only had eight minutes at each station so we did not play normal Twister rules. Normally, when a player falls down, they are out. Due to our lack of time, if a student fell over they just started over. About half way through the rotation I would stop them and tell them to stand up and stretch out.

When the students got into the room, I reminded them of their right and left and for the most part everyone did okay. The younger ones hand to be reminded which was right and which was left, but no big problems. In the afternoon I thought that I was going to have all older students so I was not even going to worry about going over right and left. Soon enough my first group walked in and they were pre-schoolers! Ah! Pre-school students and twister? I knew that was not going to work. I ended up making up my own game and putting them in positing by telling them to move a hand or both feet. During the pre-school class I stopped them 3 times during the rotation to stop, stretch, and shake it out. They were so cute and tried so hard. When I told them to line up, their teacher came over and told me thanks for being such a good sport and changing things for the pre-school students. She told me I did a really good job adapting to them.

I want to teach high school so badly, but I am starting to like teaching the younger students more and more. They are so fantastic, and always so excited to do whatever you tell them to.

Even though I know that the field day was all for the elementary students, I think my peers and I grew closer through this experience. We have all taught together, but being in the more fun and relaxed atmosphere was good for us. We are all starting to enjoy each others’ company and being around each other. This is such a blessing to me. Even though we don’t all hang outside of the class, knowing that your peers are there for you and understand what you are going though is a comfort. I love our little PE family, and am glad I am not in one of those popular majors in which I am in the same program as 400 other people on campus.