A Day of Play!

It was Play Day for Keziah today - a day where the student body is split up into teams, and then as teams, they are challenged all day with various activities. Points are handed out and then counted at the end of the day, with teams placing in order according to points accumulated. It is truly a neat day to observe, as you see the older ones become such great leaders, helping the younger ones out. Today was no exception. Every team and leader did amazing.

This was Keziah's first Play Day, and I'll be honest, I was not sure how she would do. Two factors that I thought would play a part in her not enjoying the day are:

1. She does NOT like to be hot. At all. As soon as she feels hot, there is no reasoning with this girl.
2. She can feel overwhelmed very quickly, especially if she is not sure what is expected of her and/or people are yelling (cheering) all around her.

Well, this girl did absolutely fabulous! I feel bad to say I was amazed in how well she handled the whole day, but I am! I have taught many kindergartners, and often by lunch on Play Day, they are completely toast, in tears and don't want to participate anymore.

Although Keziah can quickly become teary when those two factors mentioned above happen, not once did I see a tear! She played hard all day. And she enjoyed herself - which was the best!

Here are some of the activities she enjoyed:
Spider Web - each team member had to get through the "web" without touching it at all. Once a spot was used, it could not be used again. Here Keziah is being "fed" through the web with success!

 

Not sure what this activity was called, but once again, it meant teamwork!

Mini Golf:

High jump

50 Metre Dash

Soccer Baseball - here she is, standing in the field. She was told where to stand, and that is where she stood. She did not move, even when a ball came near her. I love this age - they listen so literally! :o)

Our school is blessed with such caring teachers, always making sure the little ones know what to do.

Running the bases!

Great kick for Soccer Baseball!!

Obstacle Course - being coached by one of her teammates:

Baseball Throw - again, being coached....

One of Keziah's cheerleaders:

Running Long Jump:

Water Game - while other little ones did not like this game, Keziah loved it! She was lucky - this was the last activity for her, at the end of the day when it was nice and warm out.

While watching the kids play, we noticed a Sun Dog - a full circle rainbow around the sun. So cool!!

Cheering is hard work! Definitely deserved a freezie :o)

Keziah's team ended up in 4th place out of 10 teams. Good job, team!!