May 15th, 2018

Today was my first experience in a PE class. I had to opportunity to observe a junior infant PE experiences and a first class PE experience. These two groups of students are only two years apart, but the developmental difference appeared to be much bigger than just two years. The junior infants were not as good at listening as they are in the classroom. They struggled to follow directions and listen when the teacher was talking. The first class was much more willing to pay attention to instruction. They wanted to participate in the activities correctly, where as the younger students just wanted to run. The activities the two groups were doing were using the same equipment, but in very different ways. The junior infant used the hoola hoops to sit in and run around, when the first class students were jumping in the hoops with one foot and two feet in an obstacle like way. Overall, it seemed that the junior infants PE was more about following directions and figuring out how to control their bodies where as the first class students were learning skills.