children center observation

While I was at the children center for an hour I was able to observe the pre-preschoolers play inside and outside. I observed a few students playing with Lego's. While the students played with Lego's they usually made people and had them do something. One boy and girl made a race car track and had their Lego men race on it. While they were making their track they discussed what they were going to do. Their discussion helped their language without them even realizing it. I also witnessed one girl playing with games on the computer. One game in particular had a song and had the words on the screen. The young girl got out of her seat and sang along with the song and danced. She was very enthusiastic! The boys playing in the block area built the large blocks around their body and then escaped by pushing the blocks out of the way. They took turns making the wall around their bodies. One boy would make the wall while the other stood in the center of the wall. While I was outside I witnessed the children taking turns going down the slide. Many of the boys played catch with the football while the girls and some boys ran around playing tag. The students were very energetic while they were outside and it was clear they were having fun. Although it was some boys just playing with the football the boys and girls were both intertwined with their play.