In the Classroom

Thursdays are days for youth programming. To summarize, last Thursday my group completed the first installment of our children’s group focused on healthy living. Last week we had a good turnout because all of the kids live in the complex where we do group. This twist in group planning ensured that we had a “captive” audience. At the end of group we realized we had planned WAY too many activities and would have to cut it back, but all in all it was a good program.

Picture of some of the kids I am working with.

The second week the children had physical therapy at the same time we were doing our group. So, we did not know exactly what to expect. The turnout was good, about 12 kids. Our topic was healthy living and the food pyramid. Unfortunately, the children knew more about the healthy eating that we did. So apart from coloring food and them searching for drawings of food we had hidden, they did not do much learning. So, the logical alternative was for them to teach the food pyramid to us, which they did, in great detail. Unfortunately we did not plan enough activities, but this gave the kids a good opportunity to sing us some songs that they knew which were totally adorable.


Peace,

Tim.