At tuesdays field experience there were several subtle things that our teacher did to keep the class together and in line. So far all of his classes have entered the gymnasium and gotten into a line around the three point line of the basketball court. From here he gets across any information he needs to or if the kids have any questions everybody can hear them. The games then shortly begin with the usual playing of music. When the activity is coming to an end the teacher blows the whistle quickly and the entire class freezes and listens to the next set of directions. Even though these kids are only in Kindergarden they behave pretty well for their age. The only trouble during last class was one student hitting the ball with his foam hockey stick clearly after the whistle. The teacher took his stick till the end of his directions were explained and then returned it to him after. When he gave out the sticks he had kids line up along the baseline. From there they took their sticks and chose a foam ball that was rolled out. He then understood that all kids want to hit the ball as hard as they can. So he lined up one half of the class on one sideline and the other half on the other sideline. From here he had them face the wall and swing on his count down. There would only be one hit taken for safety concerns. By the end of class he instructed how he wanted everything properly put away and gave directions to what order the line up was in. Girls were first followed by boys. Everything was very organized and flowed very nicely.
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