-We decided this year we’d try to do something fun every Friday for the summer.
So we thought relay would be really fun for the kids to get involved.
-So me, Emily, Patrice, and Karla we came together and we talked about
what we wanted to do for Relay Day.
-Each class had to make up their own game and gather their own materials.
And then we were able to set it all up outside, make it look really nice, and then when the
kids came out they were super excited to see all the stuff set up and we could really explain
to them what we were going to do and what it was all about.
-We’re going to show you what we have out today.
We have five different types of relays for you to do.
The first one is an egg and spoon race.
-The children were required to hold the spoon and put an egg on it from Dramatic Play.
-So it really needed the children to slow down more than race, and kind of focus on
what they were doing and to get the egg to the end of the line.
-That was a race that really focused on concentrating and balancing and going slower.
-Our next one is beach ball between the legs.
-The children had to place a medium sized beach ball in between their legs.
-And kind of hop or run to the end of the race.
They were able to really push themselves to try something new.
-Keep trying, Chloe!
Keep trying!
-For our next one, we have the baton race!
-Go! Go! Go!
-The kids made their own batons in the Art Center, and then we brought them out to use.
So they had to find a partner, and they’d start at one end
and their partner would be at the other end.
And they’d have to run down to their partner, pass the baton.
-I think the children really enjoyed that relay race because that one was the one where
you had to go fast, where you had to run as fast as you could, give it to your teammate,
and then they had to run as fast as they could.
-Our next one is fill the water bucket.
-So this race they had to fill up a container with water and race to the empty bucket and
try to fill their bucket as fast as they can.
-The children really understood that they needed to take turns
and they really cooperated with each other.
-We have our potato sack races!
-The children had a potato sack and they had to jump from one point to the other.
-Which is kind of trickier for them just with their gross motor skills still developing.
-They were getting to do something new, and getting to do
something that they ‘re not used to.
So they were excited to try that.
-Get set, go!
Go! Go! Go!
-I think the biggest thing the kids got out of it was cooperation.
They were constantly working together, there was nothing during that day
where they were doing it by themselves.
-And the children got to work with friends from other classrooms
that they don’t typically work with.
So if they have a friend that’s in the Blue Room they don’t normally see,
they were able to go and spend time with them and play
and really work with them to complete the relays.
-It was really awesome to watch the children kind of root for each other and everyone was
excited, and everyone was cheering for each other.
-Yeah, woo!
-Through the relay race, they learned how to work together, teamwork, collaboration,
they learned how to take turns.
There’s just so much you learn out of different experiences.
-One, two, three…
-Relay!