Skill Themes and Student Abilities
Today in class the kindergarten started a gymnastics lesson. They started off and ended the class by playing Temple Tag. The three teachers split up the class into three different activities. There was log/pencil rolls, summersaults, and balance beam. I took the balance beam. There were about 6 or 7 kids to each group. There was one foam bar that laid on the ground with no distance to fall. The other bar was raised about a foot and a half off the ground. This was more realistic to regulation balance beams. I would have one student walk the main one as I spotted them from a close distance. If the student didn’t feel comfortable I would give them a hand or two for them to use as support. The rest of the kids practiced on the lower bar as they waited for their next turn. A majority of the class was very skilled and were able to cross the beam without any help or hesitation. I challenged these kids by telling them to stop in the center of the beam and stand on one foot for “two Mississippi seconds.” This made it a little more difficult but just about all of the people that attempted it except one were able to do it. The entire class showed good coordination and balance. There was only one student that struggled and required guidance the whole way through. She was very timid and clearly not comfortable attempting it by herself.
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