Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons I work at Eisenhower Elementary. The students that attend the after school program are generally considered to be from low SES (Socio-economic status) families. The school itself is also a Title 1 school. The students are predominantly Hispanic, a handful are Hmong and African American, and a select few are Caucasian. As soon as the students come to program they go outside for 25-30 minutes of playtime. However, every Tuesday and Thursday the group of students that I supervise, 2nd to 5th grade, have the designated area consisting only of a field, blacktop, and one basketball hoop. It is extremely interesting to watch the various students interact with one another. Many of the boys tend to gravitate toward the field either engaging in soccer or football with the two male staff members. When participating in a game they seem to follow the rules very well with little to no complaining. Then you have the girls. The girls usually roam around the blacktop in packs of three or four not really engaging in actual games or utilizing any of the equipment provided by the YMCA. Next, you have the select few boy and girl interaction that is solely based on friends. One particular boy always plays with two girls, the girls thought of as being shy and extremely well-behaved as well as the boy. They usually use the jump rope, but not as a jump rope, they use their sense of imagination and play horse with it, the jump rope being the reins. Then, on several occasions boys and girls will come together to play four square or jump rope. A lot of the girls participate in jump roping while singing corresponding songs. Then there are some students that, especially now, just love to get dirty and do things they are not supposed to be doing. For instance, there is a huge muddy puddle on the blacktop and 2 to 3 boys are always surrounding the puddle and throwing items into it just to wade in and have to fish them out later...it's very interesting to watch this. Finally you have the 1 boy or 3 girls that chase each other around the play area. It would seem to me that this would take place because one or the other has a crush and that is their way of establishing it. One time I had a 3rd grader come up to me during playtime and ask me if I would tell a 2nd grade girl that he likes her. I was shocked at the honestly and his desire of wanting me to tell a younger female counterpart such a thing. It was hilarious! Overall, I am learning so much while watching these students relate to their peer on all sorts of different levels.