The third group got their chance
to teach for Lab C for EDU 255 today. The group consisted of Kim, Devon, and Dan to teach us all about
omnikin ball.
Kim started us off with teaching kindergarten! She did a great job with
including her hook which was “don’t break the egg”. This was her way for us to
practice hitting the ball up in the air and not letting it touch the ground. We
used beach balls because the omnikin balls are way too big to give out to
kindergarten students. Next up as Dan who was teaching 8
th grade I believe.
Dan like always had great enthusiasm and energy while teaching his lesson. This
is always such a great thing to have because it really gets to students
engaged. For his lesson he used the big omnikin balls and taught us how to serve
the ball. He used some great cues that everyone won’t for get, “Clap then Shut
the front door!!”. Also Dan did a great job of really explaining how the game
works! Devon was the last to go and taught everyone how to defend the ball. One
thing I really liked about Devon’s lesson was how he talked more about the
history of omnikin ball and where it came from. He told us it’s also known as “kin
ball” and kin means family so in order to play this game we should all work
together like a family. I thought this was a great teaching point in his
lesson. Through the lesson he told us to remember the 3 C’s which are
cooperation, caring, and communication. All these things were necessary to
remember to work as a team to defend the ball. Overall I feel today’s group did
another great job teaching. We are all defiantly improving from the first time
we taught and of course learning many valuable things along the way, from
ourselves and our peers. My group gets to teach on Wednesday, so we must make
sure to end Lab C on a great note!!
