On Friday I worked 3 hours at the SNC Children's Center. I was able to observe some time spent outside and some non-structured time inside. It was very interesting to me how clear the leaders were in the group and how those leaders were usually the ones getting in the most trouble. At this age children haven't learned how to be effective leaders and usually take the leadership role as the person who gets to boss everyone around. This may have a correlation between the children who get in the most trouble. If they are always getting talked to (or bossed around as they might see it) they might feel as they need an outlet and thus boss around other children. Also those students are often the older students who don't play with the younger children very often.
I also observed that children have the urge to be physical in their play but are stopped by teachers because someone will get hurt. I don't know how to allow children to be physical in their play because when I (or another teacher) don't intervene someone ends up in tears. That line between physical and rough is so vague, it is difficult to deal with.
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