Lesson 3: What is change?

It was all about change this fine Tuesday morning. Coach Jenn started the lesson by re-capping last Friday's lesson. Since Coach Tanya wasn't at Friday's lesson, the girls told her about the GOTR promises and listed some that we went over together. It was nice to see that the girls could remember quite a few of our GOTR promises.

Coach Jenn then asked the girls if they knew what "changing our behavior" meant. The girls discussed changing behaviors that may be negative or may hurt other people. Coach Jenn then passed out some index cards for the girls to write down some of their negative behaviors, here are few

• I am mean to my sister (or my brother)
• I am impatient with others
• I am pushy
• I don't go to sleep on time
• I don't eat all my vegetables

After discussing some of the negative behaviors, the girls then discussed positive behaviors. There were lots of those too! Here are a few:

• I walk the dog
• I run at Girls on the Run
• I help my parents with my siblings
• I recycle
• I do my homework
• I brush my teeth :)

To warm up, Coach Connie had all the girls line up in two lines with the girls facing each other. They joined hands and formed a tunnel. Then, each girl ran through the tunnel to Coach Connie. When they got to Coach Connie, they tossed those negative behavior cards, one by one, into the "Munch Monster," a specially made box with the ugliest face.

Coach Tanya then had the girls do a bit more of a warm up (it was cold outside!). The girls then did their workout, while discussing the positive behaviors they wrote down earlier. The girls were so encouraging of each other and really tried hard during this workout. They were all so happy and had a good time doing their laps.

We finished the lesson discussing how we all can make positive changes in what we do everyday. How we can "throw away" our negative behaviors and do more positive things each day. Coach Tanya gave the girls their bananas or apples and everyone was on their way to a great Tuesday!

This Friday we'll be talking about being physically healthy. Speaking of healthy, parents if you could please have the girls return their health form this Friday, we would appreciate it. The health forms will let the coaches know if there are any issues they should be aware of and who to get in touch with should something happen. If they don't have these forms by the 4th lesson, the girls will have to sit out from practice. We don't want anyone to miss the GOTR fun!