The passed two days have been absolutely insane, and I love it! Yesterday seemed to be a complete 180 from Mondays hectic first run, and then it seem that today we stepped back about ten steps when we had only really taken two steps forward. The energy of the kids today was really unfocused. As Ranjana mentions in her previous post, we run the "movement room", but we have officially be deemed the "parachute room" by all of the kids.
Today we attempted to not use the parachute, as yesterday the parachute activities got slightly out of hand as the kids began turning our movement room into a gym class. Today several kids were upset when they did not see the parachute when they came in. I find it important not to cave into pouts and to stick to the over all idea of the plan. This will help them adapt in the future to different circumstances that do not necessarily play out in their favor. However, I should also have expected the resistance. I would love to fill you in on what happened in the sessions today, however I spent most of my time collecting children from the hallway, pulling them down from tables, or off of each other. I have acquired some minor scratches, but in the end seeing the children maintain focus for even one song, is worth it all. Ranjana has continuously impressed me with her ability to adapt to any circumstance that is handed to here, especially as most of the time she is alone while I collect the kids. Today she made up an incredibly effective stop and go song, with incredible use of space and dynamics as well as tempo... (shout out to Kimberly Khare!)
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