Spring Picnic Day

Another fun day for the students each Spring and Fall is picnic day. Each grade level takes a day off from classes to go somewhere all together. The younger kids usually have a picnic at the park or something close by while the older kids can take a bus out to go hiking in the mountains or go to an amusement park. I went this time with the 4th graders. We walked together from the school to the stadium on the other side of town- a long walk for little legs! Once we got there, the classes split off with their teachers and played games or did little assignments like nature sketches and such for a little while. Then the kids were set free to eat their lunches that they'd brought with them and have some free time with their friends. Some pick up baseball and soccer games, but mostly jiggae, and a jacks game that the girls love to play. There were some cart vendors that had come and set up in the park where we were so many of the kids bought ice creams and sodas and small toys and such. I'm still not happy that they sell baby hamsters at those little carts as many of them don't make it through the day's heat and activities in their little plastic cups. But mostly the kids were buying little squirt guns and candies and I saw one student who had bought a big muppet looking marionette- very fun! After lunchtime, the classes split up again for a little more game time and then all the students came together for some big group games. A lot of charades, duck duck goose and relay games that I've seen before, but also some new games for me. One game that I'd never seen before was like a battle game- 2 kids were matched up and each had to hold one foot bent in front of them at about waist level and then hop around on their other foot trying to knock over their opponent. Crazy! But the kids loved it- and surprisingly no one was hurt. When we were all finished for the day, all the classes lined up to walk back to the school and head home. The kids were a lot of fun to hang out with and it was another nice day away from school.