Cathletics: Day 3

Day 3 of Cathletics is over.  Whew!  Chat Cat does a great job integrating the theme throughout the program.  It's completely true to the Catholic Church's teaching.  I think cheers are missing; so, I added cheers I've used from previous years along with a variety of "We Will Rock You" cheers.  One of the children's favorites in simple: Moses, Moses, he's our man, if he can't do it, Noah, can, or JP can, or Pier Giorgio can, or Jesus can."  The faith lesson is especially solid with enough elements to cover in 20-25 minutes.  Today's virtue was 'fortitude'; at snack the children made a dumb-bell to symbolize strength.  I like it!  The children used watercolors to paint a banner of the beatitudes.  The program offers a choice of crafts.  I think it would be better to offer an extra craft each day and to try to reduce the number of paper crafts.  Chat Cat suggests frisbees as a craft, which would have been a good choice if St. Will's had the budget.  Today, the main game was an obstacle course.  The games have been good: daily training, Follow the Leader, relay races, and now an obstacle course.  Our team, Team Soccer, has 24 very active six and seven year olds.  It would be good to have an extra, active game option each day.  There are optional games in the program; however, most are quiet games.  Trust me, keeping their attention for instruction during the Faith lesson or to learn songs is sufficient.  Team Soccer needs to be active during Games. Here are a few photos.