Sometimes kids are the teachers....

Tonight I was at work, which is a daycare by the way, and we have some boys that come from a Hispanic family. The two boys are 7 and 5 and are as cute at as can be. Well tonight we had a ton of kids as usual and they all try to find ways to play games and things to pass the time. Well the oldest boy of the two brothers who is 7 told everyone to gather round and they could play football. Well all the boys got excited and started calling out with NFL football team they wanted to be, but he just looked at them and laughed and said not that type of football, we are going to play my countries type of football. He then went on to explain about how it is just like soccer and that some of the rules are different. I found this interesting that a young child was teaching other children about his culture and how sports are different. All the kids had a blast playing football but its really soccer said one child....I think incorporating games and things like this in the classroom is a great idea and not only is students learning about another culture but they are learning it from a peer!