{"id":355,"date":"2015-11-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/northern-california\/2015\/11\/09\/kindergarten-kickball\/"},"modified":"2017-09-28T10:51:07","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T17:51:07","slug":"kindergarten-kickball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playworks.org\/northern-california\/2015\/11\/09\/kindergarten-kickball\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindergarten Kickball"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">I have a Junior Coach who loves kickball. Absolutely adores it. He spends every recess<span style=\"color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">&mdash;<\/span>twice a day<span style=\"color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">&mdash;<\/span>fielding, kicking, and running the bases. If Malcolm Gladwell&rsquo;s 10,000 hours theory is true, Julian should be a kickball master by the end of 5th grade. The only time he has not been able to play kickball has been, ironically, when he&rsquo;s junior coaching. Due to his recess schedule, he can only help out with kindergarten recesses, and I have not had the chance to teach the kinder classes kickball in their Class Game Times yet.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Well, as such a kickball aficionado&nbsp;this inability to play kickball nagged at him, and one recess he asked me if he could play kickball with the kinders. I explained to him that I had not taught them that game yet, so he had to lead a different game. Julian then asked with supreme confidence if he could teach it. I decided to give him the chance to be a true leader for his school, and he did not let me down.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Julian rounded up as many little kindergartners he could, regardless of who normally played what, and split them up into two teams as fast as he could. In a twenty minute recess, time moves quickly. Once the game got going, teams were transitioning from up to bat to out in the field fairly efficiently,&nbsp;and the kids were having fun running the bases and kicking the ball! Not only did Julian teach and run a game that had many different kids playing, he also got them moving around in a fun, organized way. He exemplified two of the four core values<span style=\"color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">&mdash;<\/span>healthy play and inclusion<span style=\"color: rgb(77, 77, 77); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\">&mdash;<\/span>in one fell swoop.<\/p>\n<p>&ndash;Coach Eric, Thomas Edison Charter Academy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have a Junior Coach who loves kickball. Absolutely adores it. 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