The Dangers of Duck Duck Goose

I forgot how dangerous duck duck goose can be. I had more injuries in my class this week playing duck duck goose than playing any other game! Kids cracked their heads on the cement gym floor, they scraped their knees, fingers got accidentally stepped on, a little first grader jammed my thumb chasing me around the circle, it was crazy! In the midst of all the tears and "I'm sorry's" and "are you ok's?" we all had so much fun. It's such a joy to just let the kids be kids and run around and play with each other; scraped knees and stepped-on fingers don't seem to hurt as badly when we're having fun.

I was reminded yet again this week at how bad I am at basketball. Please feel free to laugh! One of the third graders, Zyair (I wrote about him in a previous post) got to go swimming this week for the first time ever (swimming is a privilege and a reward for good behavior). He was so full of nervous excitment when he came into camp on Thursday. He was dribbling the basketball and saw me watching him and challenged me to try to steal it from him. You must understand that Zyair is an amazing basketball player, he's so talented. You should also understand that I have no talent when it comes to basketball. Zero. Zyair started dribbling agian, back and forth between his hands and through his legs. I just started laughing because he was making me dizzy! Eventually I stole it from him but I was suspicious. I held the ball and looked at him and asked him if he was taking it easy on me. He just looked up at me with this little smirk on his face and nodded his head. I laughed and threw the ball back to him and the process started all over again!