Week two in the MiX

After a longggg weekend thanks to Dominican holiday yesterday, week two of school commenced. What sports did I teach the kids today? Great question. Well, since I have preschool to 13 year olds throughout the day....I decided to do two different games: Hot Potato and Dodgeball. Take a guess which one I taught to the 3-5 year olds. I never thought Dodgeball could be that fun....I released a good deal of stress on the kids...JK. But seriously......funtimes were had. During one game of Dodgeball, I joined up with the weaker side (I am very compassionate). On the other team, William (13 year old Haitian) dominated his team. Soo...to be fair...I picked on him. I launched....launched the soft soccer ball right at the unsuspecting Haitian. However, William's cat-like reflexes kicked in and he successfully dodged the ball. However, his Spidey-sense did not lock onto the Banana tree to the right of him. Yes...thats right....William ran straight into the unsuspecting Banana tree......and then bounced off of it. It was a sight to see....i could not stop laughing. Dont worry....William was not the only kid I picked on. I was sure to spread my wailing on other chicos too. It rocked.

How did Hot Potato go? Some of the little boogers...esp. the Haitians, struggled with the concept of passing the ball. I enjoyed watching them repeat the song...Hot Potato, Hot Potato, Hot Potato, Hot. Hot Potato, Hot Potato, Hot Potato, Stop! Splendid.

Today was very hard though. Kids decided not to obey me. Not happy. For some reason they have this idea that I am the "Fun Guy" and they dont need to listen to me. Wrong! I had to restrain one child, Liso, in time out. He turned a deaf ear to me. In timeout, he thought it would be awesome to scream and cry at the top of his lungs.....I sent him inside and he finally calmed down. I bet God blesses me with an ill-behaving kid. He has a sense of humor.

Feel free to send me ideas for games for Preschoolers....I would love them.