Relays

Our all-school activity for this quarter was supposed to be doing a snowman building contest outside, but since the weather didn't cooperate, we did relay races in the gym. 


My favorite race was the Balloon-Head Race.  Teams made pairs of students about equal in height and they raced to the other end of the gym squeezing a balloon between their two heads.  Some students grabbed each other's heads so the balloon wouldn't fall out.  Others who weren't quite the same height squatted down or picked the other person up and carried him/her to the end (all while keeping a balloon stuck between the two heads).


I could tell Mrs. E wasn't a fan of the last race.  The smallest person on the team sat on a blanket carried by the rest of the team to the other end of the gym.  But the worst part wasn't the saggy blanket or the slippery fabric, it was the fact the students holding the blanket were supposed to close their eyes while the blanket-sitter gave directions.  Some of the kindergartners still don't know left from right! And they're supposed to be heard giving directions in a gym full of screaming kids? Not likely.  We teachers made some adaptations to that relay (relays were planned by the student council). 


Other relays included: Banana Relay (teams pass a banana to the end and the end person has to eat the whole thing before the other team), Cracker-Whistle Relay (eat two crackers and then whistle... many crumbs were sprayed in the making of this relay), and Basketball Spin Relay (spin around a baseball bat three times, then dribble down the court and make a layup).