My Connections to Play

Two Quotes that summarizes childhood play in my eyes:

 Play energizes us and enlivens us. It eases our burdens. It renews our natural sense of optimism and opens us up to new possibilities.

Stuart Brown, MD
Contemporary American psychiatrist

Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.

Diane Ackerman
Contemporary American author

References

http://www.thestrong.org/about-play/play-quotes

Three pictures of toys for my essential younger self

 I used to love to ride my tricycle all over place.

 My Glow Worm to help me see at night.

 I have always liked to play school.

When I was younger, my parents where my biggest supporters of play. They new how much I loved playing house so they provided the house and the dolls for me to have my own dramatic play area. Once they found out my dream was to be a teacher, I had all sorts of teacher sets and copies of homework lessons. I think parents should pay attention to their child's habits so they will have and can encourage appropriate play.

I think children's play of today revolves around what happens at home or what happens on the news. Play is not what it used to be. I whiteness more negative play then positive play in my classroom. I think parents need to find time and teach their children how to play like they used to play when they was growing up. I feel I had a great childhood and all I did was play. I really did not watch TV or play video games. I stayed outside all day until the streetlights came on, and I think we need to go back to these play days.

Relationships reflections

There are many relationships in the world. The main relationship that holds a key to my heart was the realtionship between my mother and I. What relattionships mean to me is that I have taking the time out to love a certain person for who they are and not what they do. My mother taught me the value of a meanigful relationship. No matter how many times I messed up, she did dicepline me, but there was never a point I doubted her love for me. With relationships with my friends today, I take thise same values that my mother taught me. I have friends who have giving me challenges, but what made our relationships stronger is that I was willing to work things out. You must never turn your back against someone who you say you love. My mother taught me that also, because she never turned her back on me. I feel the relationships that you have with your parents determine on what type of relationships that you will have later on in your life.