A Game of Chase

 One of the boys' favorite games to play is chase. In the past, however, this game has either ended in tears or frustration due to the lack of body awareness and listening to friends. They so desperately want to play together, but sometimes have a difficult time remembering one of our most important classroom agreements: keep hands and feet to self. 

Today, before heading outside, we first practiced listening to each other by playing some self regulation games at meeting. Each friend took a turn telling the others to "go" and "freeze" when either clapping or stomping their feet. They did SO good! Each one of them listened to one another as they made the command. I was hopeful that their ability to do it in the classroom would transfer to any outdoor games. The boys lived up to the expectation! We spent about an hour and 20 minutes outside on the playscape and I am not exaggerating when I say the boys played chase for a solid 45 minutes! They listened to one another, helped each other up when they fell, and called one another to keep playing. They were awesome, way to go boys!