REFLECTION: Once you have planned your activity, try the activity the next day with your group at work. Write a small reflection on your experience.

1. How did it go?

2. What went well?

3. What didn't go well?

4. Would you do anything differently?

5. Did anything surprise you? 

Lynnda

Development Domain :

Leg strengh

See who can make the block go far

It pull them self up

Age group 3to 6 years old

Overview: The kids will try and put a wood block as far as they can with one hand behind the back and the other one holding the block in the other hand. The kids are trying to see who can put their block further than the other kids. The other kids take turns and the teacher can sit on the child’s leg ot hold them.

Material:

Bench

A child

Tape

Marker

Wooden block

Material Preparation:

Set the bench up

Get the tape ready

Ge the block ready

Put the child’s name on the tape

Step by Step

1: Put the bench on the carpet

2: Get the child to sit on that child’s legs

3: Give the block to the child

4: put his or her hand behind thier back to see how far they can put their block

5: Tell the child to see if the next child can bet the other child or how far.

Closing ; Make sure that the kiss had fun and take turns and play around cuz it’s just a game to learn and that’s what the Inuit used to play.

Reflection

How did it go was ok the kids really enjoyed playing the Inuit game. It was good because the did so good and wanted to keep trying. What didn’t go so well was that some kids were scared they might fall when trying to put the block down. What surprised me is that child went far from the other children. I am happy that the kids had fun playing the Inuit game

Name of early educator; Caryn

Developmental domain; This game takes a lot of Physical strength & movement, it gets their body moving & also focus on their balance skills.

Materials; No materials were needed for this game

Material Preparation; prepare to have fun and use a lot of leg strength

Step by step Instructions; We would start with a circle of people(children) Everyone will then go in a squat position.

Once someone had shouted “go” they will then start kicking their legs one at a time forward in front of them while balancing on the other foot/leg.

Last person to keep going wins the game.

Closing; Over all this game if for everyone to have fun & challenge their physical strength specifically their legs.

Name of the early childhood Educator: Miss Margaret Nganga.

Developmental Domain: Physical Domain.

Age group: 4-5 Years.

OVERVIEW

Back push is an Inuit game and in this game, both opponents sit on the floor with backs together.They place their right hand on floor between legs and the left hand on the outside of the left leg.Knees are bent with feet flat on the floor. A circle or a line is marked where the one pushed out of the marked area becomes a looser.Using leg, arm and body strength opponents try to push each other out of the marked area.

MATERIALS

Carpet

Scarfs

MATERIAL PREPARATION

-avail the game materials at the venue of the game(classroom)

-ask children to do clean up of any other play materials.

-vacuum the carpet to ensure there is no hard objects like small rocks.

-create enough space for the game.

STEP- BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GAME

-both opponents sit on the floor with backs together.

-place right hand on the floor between legs and the left hand on the outside of the left leg.

-knees are bent with feet flat on the floor.

-mark lines on either end with the scarfs.

-using leg, arm and body strength opponents try to push each other over the marked area.

-three tries are given, one try with right hand between legs, one with left hand between legs and the third try ,if a tie will be Eastern style with both hands outside legs.

-looser’s foot has to go outside the scarf.

CONCLUSION

In pairs let children play the game.Ensure their strengths is parallel so as not to disadvantage any of them.Supervise the children to ensure their safety.

REFLECTION

1 The boys had fun but the girls showed no much interest.

2 The players tried hard to push their opponent outside the scarf and they had a lot of fun.

3 The players kept breaking the rules and they needed to be reminded oftenly. They could not wait for a pair to be given at least 3 tries.The scarf didn’t work well, they kept pushing it with their feet.

4 To do it differently, a larger space would be good where all children can do the activity at the same time.Have a firm mark ,like draw a bold line using a marker instead of a scarf.Encourage the children to play the game for fun and not for competition.I should have demonstrated with my colleague Educator first.

5 I was surprised to see that some children were very good at the game.I thought that it was an adults’ game.

Name of Early Educator: Vanissa

Developmental Domain: It is a Physical development that focusing on their gross motor because it requires lot of jumping,landing and maintaining their balance. It supports cognitive because they follow instructions.

Age Group: 2-3 years old

Overview: This is a fun and active game,kids follow the educator demonstrations to move like an owl,hopping and jumping that helps develop their balance,leg strength and promote their imaginations and focus.

Materials: Tape to mark the start and finish lines

Step-by-step:

-Mark the start and finish line

-Start behind the line with feet

-bend the knees

-extend arms out to the side like a wing

-hook one foot behind the knee and bend half way down

-hop forward with same position until you reach to finish line

Closing: The Owl Hop game was enjoyable and very helpful activity that promote movements.Children had fun and the game ended on positive and energetic mood.

How did it go? At first it was very challenging because some didn’t follow instructions.We demonstrated it multiple times until they understood the sequence of the game.Most were able to follow they hop until they reach the finish line.The children had fun.

What went well:They stayed engaged in the game, they practiced hopping, and landing softly.

What didn’t go well: some kids had hard to coordinate arm and leg movements. Some they don’t know how to balance, and they didn’t stand behind the start line.Some children are running instead of hopping.And lastly our space is very limited it made difficult for everyone to participate.

Would you do anything differently?Yes,maybe I will reduce the number of the children hooping at the same time since we have limited space.

Did anything surprise you?Yes,their energy was to the highest level .Some kids normally very shy to participate but this game made everyone to joined.

Reflection:This Owl Hop Game is very fun, children stayed engaged;It’s not only physical it also developed their social

and emotional skills.Most children followed instructions well and enjoyed moving like an owl. Next game activity we will use bigger space and I will let them practice to hop before the game starts.

Name of educator: Freda

Developmental Domain: Physical domain

Age group: 2 -3 years old

Overview: Rabbit hop is one of the Inuit game that is fun for kids to do. They love to bounce and hop around like little rabbits using their energy in a fun and playful way.

Material preparation:

- Open space

- Tape to mark start and finish line

Steps and Instructions:

• Children will gather near the start line.

• Educator will model how a rabbit hops. Thrusting body forward, put both hands on the floor in front of you and hop into squat position until you reach the finish line. You must land on two feet.

• Now, Line children up behind the start line

• “Ready, Set. Hop!”

• First to reach the finish line wins.

  
  

Closing:

Slow down and rest like tired bunnies. Ask the children questions: Did you have fun hopping? Was it too hard? How does tired rabbit look like?.

Reflection:

The activity went pretty well with the help of my co-educator. It was a little challenging to start because gathering children in same spot is hard. When I showed them how to do it, everybody started hopping everywhere. I have to call everybody’s attention to stand behind the start line, then they keep hoping and jumping even after the activity. This surprised me how much energy their little bodies have.

But with all the chaos, the game was fun and engaging activity for toddlers and preschoolers. The children showed excitement. It was fun to see them laughing, interacting and enjoying active play together. This activity also supported gross motor development. Next time, I will incorporate the use of music to make it even more enjoyable.

Developmental Domain: gross motor skills,they will be using the leg and arm muscles and core muscles and also helps in cognitive development by listening to instructions and applying them to the game.

Age Group- 2-6yrs

Overview: this game focuses on the leg and it needs trust and the team to work together. This encourages the kids to build team work thus allowing kids to bond while having fun. This is low impact game.

Material: yoga stretch band

Made sure there is enough material for the kids to be able to work in pairs.

Step by step Instructions:

Kids were gathered in a circle and we sung a few songs to get everyone’s attention and settled. We spoke about games and they got to listen to their favourites and after I introduced the new game. This kids were paired according to and about campatability. After they were asked to sit with legs out feet facing the partners, they when everyone was in positions I aske them to bend on leg and leave one touching the friends foot. Then I gave out the band and showed them how to position them and to wait for further instruction. I then showed the how the game is played by paring with one of the kids. When everyone was in place/ position and gave a start signal to pull backwards as shown or said.

Closing.

It was a very exciting game for the kids but they were easily discouraged if they didn’t get it the first time and we had to play it few times. Being a mixed group it was difficult to monitor the babies while encouraging the preschoolers to keep playing and to focus on the fun part instead of winning. At the end when we’re all having a blast and some ended up playing in 3s saying they are making a triangle. I could have planned games for the infants that way they will not have been in the way of big guys but some infants ended up cheering for the teams. They surprised me by asking for more games we ended up doing side reach and arm twist.

Name of early Educator: Mila

Developmental Domain : Physical and Cognitive

Age group: 4- 5 year old

Overview:This is physical activity that requires great balancing and strength of one leg.

Materials : Chalk (mark the end)

Step by step instructions:

1.) Start on the set line.

2) Hook one foot behind the knee and bend half way down.Any leg will do.

3)Bounce or hop as far as you can without quitting.

4)The farthest distance wins.Hops must be continuous.

CLOSING:

This game is really good for kids 3-5 years old up.They listen and follow complicated instructions.This age is very competitive also so they try their best to win and never give up.This activity needs more strength and patience to finish.This is a really fun outdoor game.

REFLECTION:

When I told the kids about the game, they are very excited and eager to go outside to start the activity.First try ,it was a bit chaos.As we keep trying,I can see the kids had fun and very happy.What went well, the kids are willing to learn how to play and win the game and they keep trying to to make it right. What did not go well, I think is only in the beginning.Only struggle for kids is how to execute the bending of the knee and hop. Maybe ,next time I will ask another colleague to come with me to help manage the game.What surprised me, the kids really liked the game.They keep asking me to play more and do it the next day again.

Name of early educator ; Marlene

Materials weren’t needed for this game

Developmental domain ; physical domain

Step by Step instruction ; gather the children, explain the activity they are playing and start on the line, hook one foot behind the knee and bend half way down.

Age group - 4 to 5 year olds.

Closing ; the kids had a lot of fun during this activity and being competitive, i let the children play 5 kids at a time since we don’t have much space to let all of our children do this activity at the daycare.

Children enjoyed this activity and couldn’t wait until it’s their turn to do this, it wasn’t a difficult activity and the children liked it, i had to explain and show them one time and they knew how to play along.

Would you do anything differently?

I wouldn’t do anything differently but i would do this activity and other inuit activities during our recess time.

What surprised you? Children being into this activity and being competitive. They loved this game.