I chose this quote because I believe it to be true. For
anything new to come there has to be an idea and it has to be play with to make
sure the idea will work.
I chose this quote because play really is a serious learning
tool. Children learn better when they are actively involved in the lesson or
activity. Play by definition means to engage in activity for enjoyment and
recreation. So if the children are
engaged in the lesson they are in a sense playing and will therefore retain the
information easier.
All three pictures I picked are of me when I was younger.
There is one with me on my bike because when I was younger I loved to ride my
bike around my neighborhood with the other kids. While I was riding my bike I
was also learning hand eye coordination. There is one of me on my pet horse. I
had that horse for a few years before it broke and I loved that horse. I would
ride up and down on that horse and pretend I was a princess. The last picture
is me inside a box with my aunt. I had quite the imagination growing up and
loved playing inside boxes because I enjoyed all the different scenarios. There
was one time I made forts outside using a bunch of boxes I found.
When I was younger I was a single
child until the age of 6. So I would often find myself in my room playing with
either my stuffed animals or my Barbie’s by myself. I got support from my dad
when he was around. I mainly got support from my step mom and my step sister
who was the same age as me. In my
opinion play is not a part of today’s society because we to heavily rely on
technology. My youngest brother (13) never
learned how to ride a bike because he didn’t want to and partly because he didn’t
have to. He had other things to play with growing up such as video games. When
I was his age that’s all I did was ride my bike and go swimming or play outside
on my swing set. Even in the classrooms
there are too little hands on lessons. The focus has shifted to teaching and
standards instead and teaching to make sure the children understand and truly
learn.
