Hi all.
Welcome back!
After our Parents’ Day gathering in the gym, Park West teachers used that wide open slate to create a new set up in our gym space. Kids have been excited to try out the various parts of our new arrangement.
There is now an obstacle course that encourages balancing, going under, climbing over and jumping down. All of these maneuvers are great for building gross motor skills and awareness of their bodies in space.
There is an area dedicated to rolling in a barrel, or putting the round blue insert in and rolling around on the red barrel.
There’s a long, high mat space for tumbling and jumping down onto crash pads.
There’s an area of dots and dice. Kids can roll the dice to see how many spaces they will move or hop on during their turns. Or, they can create their own game!
And bowling! Kids have been helping each other set the pins, remove any pins that have been knocked over and cheer on their fellow bowlers.
There has also been a resurgence in our climbing wall.
It’s been great to see children challenging themselves, talking themselves through how to approach an obstacle and encouraging each other.
Here are some photos from this week:
Best,
Anita and Sarah