This is a collection of some of my experiences at St. Mary's.

5 Alive flying high at St. Mary's

It was another great day at St. Mary's! Today, we got to work the pre-k students. They were awesome to work with. All of them were great to us and we had a great time working with them. At first we started out in the pre- K rooms. I got to play with play dough with the kids. We were making all different shapes and sizes of different animals. The students were making some delicious apple pie soup. It was very tasty! We spent about a hour inside and then we went outside for a bit. We were playing hide and seek with the kids and they loved it! They had some really good hiding spots also and they were quick! After we went back inside, we into the gym had set up a little maze for them. They had a great time with that!

5 Alive back at St. Mary's!

A week later after superhero day, kids were still talking about it! When we got there, we went with the kindergarten kids. First, we went downstairs to the cafeteria and had some snacks and played a few games. When we were done having some snacks, we went outside on the playground. The kids taught me a new game called Lava Tag. Nick, member of our group, was it and he had to stay on the playground while the kids and I had to stay away from the playground or else he would tag us and then we would be the lava. Kids had a ball playing this game. When we went back inside, we all learned a new dance, thriller. We all got into a big circle and all of us did the thriller dance! It was great seeing everybody having a good time!

BATMAN!!!

The superhero's theme was great for the kids at St. Marys! They loved it! We played an awesome game in which it was called Batman tag. There were four batman and two jokers. The kids who were batman had a ball and if the other kids got tagged by the joker, then they could throw the ball at the kids who were tagged and then they could be untagged. All of them had a great time playing this game. After we played in the gym, we went outside on the playground and also had a good time. We were playing tag with the kids and they loved it!

The new game of Dodgeball?

Could there be a way to make dodgeball part of your lesson in physical education classes? If you stop and think about it dodgeball is one of the worst games to be played. A lot of students are just standing around, talking, hiding from the ball, and students could even get hurt in this game. But what happens if we modify it so that this game can be fun and enjoyable to all students? In dodgeball, you do not want to get with the ball. Therefore you are always moving around, dodging, running, diving, and jumping. These skills sound like the skills you need in all the sports you play! Make a safety statement so that there will be less accidents likely to occur. Tell the students to only throw the ball below the waist and not to go for the head or upper body. Mix up the game a little bit. Don't just have two sides of the court and have students throw the ball back and forth at each other. Get them into teams and have a game of capture the flag with dodgeballs. Get the students moving and get them more involved into the game.

201 St. Mary's

I had a great time at St. Mary's, working with the kids. I am lucky enough to be able to work kindergartner's through sixth graders. I am learning a lot about the kids and what they like and how they react to different things. The kids love it when we come to them with some games and they get right involved with it. They had a good time with the activity, endless bucket. They all had to perform different tasks that were in the bucket. Some of them had trouble with it but they tried to complete it. I am looking forward to working with the students from Cortland and the student's at St. Mary's.