Children Center's Playground

I observed the children from the Center out on the playground on Thursday February 26 from just after 3:00 until 3:30. It was a very interesting (and COLD!) experience, because it started to snow pretty hard at about 3:02 and since the kids already had their outdoor gear on, we took them outside anyway. Most of the children really loved it, running around and catching snowflakes on their tongues - when asked, they told me it tasted like snow...very cute. There was also a frozen "ice rink" in the playground that the kids were running and sliding on, even though Miss Megan told the afternoon preschool students not to do that. None of the kids were climbing on the actual equipment, because it was too slippery. All the kids were playing together - it seemed like all the outdoor activities were sort of all-inclusive. About 20 minutes into it, one of the little girls fell on the ice and I ended up holding onto her for most of the rest of the time, which caused many of her little friends to gravitate towards us. Many of them were very uncomfortable and cold at this point, so I just tried to distract them by chattering about pets and whatever else. Then one of the other teachers ran around and invited them to chase her, which they loved. After about a half hour, the kids were taken back inside because they were so cold - and so were the teachers!