Capturing St. Mary's

Today, lab at St. Mary's was a very fun and sucessful one. My group was with the older kids and we started the day by playing board games with them down stairs in the cafeteria. I played checkers with one kid who was really good and beat me both times we played. Once we got upstairs in the gym it got a little crazy. Our group had problems with trying to figure out who was going to go first and by the time we got situated the kids were already out playing their own games with their friends. Once we got them gathered up Will and I lead games using the scooters. The kids went nuts for the scooters. When it was my turn to go we played capture the flag on the scooters. I thought it went very well and it seemed like the kids were enjoying my game. The tough thing about trying to teach and explain things in the gym is all the other distractions and the noise level from everyone else. I felt like I had good control and command of my kids and my game ran smoothe. I definately felt a lot more comfortable this time around compared to the first lab. Overall, I thought it was a pretty sucessful lab day.

1st Game at St. Mary's

My first game was with the kindergarden and first graders. As I expected their attention spans were nonexistant. I didn't realize how hard it was going to be to explain my game to all of them without them wandering. I think I took to long to explain the rules and how the game works becasue towards the end of me explainning a few were looking off at other things. Overall, for the first time I think my game was a sucess. I will hopefully improve in my explainning for next time and not have wandering eyes.

1st Lab Class

Going to St. Mary's school for lab was not what I expected. I actually really didn't what to expect. I quickly learned that it was going to be a great experience and it was going to be a lot of fun. We started out by going to the pre-k room to play with the kids. I ended up playing house with a little boy and girl. I thought that it was going to be uncomfortable playing with young kids I didn't even know but the feeling was the exact opposite. It was very easy to talk to them and it kind of brought me back to when I was young. The teacher assistants then showed us around explainning how things work, where everything is, and what to expect for the lab year. They were a big help answering questions and getting us prepared for what to expect. Overall, the day went really well and I know it will be a great experience.