“Balloon makes children crazy”… that was what we thought when we provided a balloon activity.
It was an exercise week last week, and children tried bouncing on a trampoline, playing a tug of the war, and playing with a balloon too. They loved to use their bodies, and we could see many smiles on their faces.
When we used a balloon, we provided volleyball, playing catch, and relay too. To my surprise,especially volleyball, many children lost their mind and behaved irrationally. Many of our children got better to control their emotions and behaved well in our class, but when they played with a balloon, they focused to chased and caught it and forgot controlling emotions. So they cried and upset when they could not get it, but they were so excited when they got the balloon.
The balloon exercise was good exercise for children to train vision and control their body. But on the other hand, we needed to think again how we help them when they were too excited.
Children had lots of fun to move their bodies and we reconsider how we provide safe and fun activities to them.