My Connections To Play

Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.

Diane Ackerman
Contemporary American author

Culture arises and unfolds in and as play.

Johan Huizinga
Dutch historian
1872–1945




These building blocks were very influential in my childhood. I loved to play with them and I learned from them. My kindergarten teacher Mrs. Andersen loved to watch me play with them. She worked with me every day using these blocks to teach me different learning strategies.

Today I use those same skills with my children in the classroom. They abosutely love to use the blocks. It has taught them to share as well. We had a very hard time to get them to share in the beginning. I remember back when I was younger we were taught to share coming from home, but now a days some children aren't being raised that way. Children tend to fight over things rather than share. So we have the task of breaking the stingy habit.

Overall I view play as a very useful tool in life as well as education. I learned a lot through play, it taught me how to think, share, and be independent in learning. I hope that I am being as effective of a teacher as Mrs. Anderson taught me.

Relationship Reflection

 

Hello everyone. I am going to discuss my relationship with the three most important people in my life. First off I would like to discuss my relationship with my wife. We have been together for more than 6 years (3 of them married). She has always been there for me even though I am six years older than her. I like to think of her as my soulmate, God's personal gift to me. She is wise beyond her years and I don't ever want to be without her. Next is my daughter Zamiya, she is my first born child and my only girl. Zamiya and I were very close before the birth of her baby brother. I couldn't move without her following me or holding on to my pant leg. She has branched off since she's gotten older and tends to gravitate to her mother. Zamiya is very smart little girl. She picks up on things very quickly and is really into technology. She is only three and stays on my laptop more than anyone else and she knows how to use it very well. And last but not least my son Kamrin. Kamrin is two years old. He is also very bright. Our relationshio is very close. He cries when I leave to go work. He wants to follow me every where that I go. We also share a deep passion for the sport of basketball. He actually sits there and watches the whole game with me whether in person or on the television. He sleeps with the basketball, baths with it, and takes it everywhere he goes and I do mean every where. My family is my inspiration and gives me the drive to succeed. They motivate me also. My family means everything to me. I couldn't survive without them.