My Connections to Play

• Create a space on your blog dedicated to play and title this space, "My Connections to Play."
• Select two quotes that you feel summarize what play represented for you in childhood.
• Include two to three pictures of essential play items for your younger self.

    

 

• Describe how people supported play when you were younger and/or the role of play in your childhood.
• Write a brief entry on how you feel play today is similar or different from the play in which you engaged as a child and what your hope for young is now with regard to play.
• Include your thoughts regarding the role of play throughout your life and/or the role of play throughout childhood and adulthood.

When I wwas younger, I experienced play through social, play, dramatic play creative play. My mother brought me and mys sister many toys and we would play together. we greatly enjoyed pretending and imaginative play. Such as playing what we called "house" someone would be the mom, dad, and children, we would also play school, and church.  Play was a way of expresssing what we saw, desire to become, and  allowed me to learn how to social, developing connection within the world. 

Play today is very different from play when I was younger. Many children experience play through technology, or have limited imaginative, and dramatic play. Today play is views as recreational, oppose to a way of learning, most  children are forced to play when parents need a break. Whereas the role of play in my lifie, help to shape and develop my understanding of gender roles, and adult life. I often mocked what I saw during my play.  I also can remember when playing school and church, how I became more and more creative. My mom cultivated our play, by providing of the toys we wanted, she did not allow us to be technology focused. We were made to play outside, and learn how to become creative when we do not know what to play. Children today, are not force into creativitty, it is more focused on structure. 

Play also kept me in my correct development stage,  because I was allowed to play based upon my age group. I play within baby dolls until middle chilld hood, this help me develop the love for children, and taking care of people. I believe play shapes our identity based upon how our play is cultivated. 

 

Relationship Reflections

• Create a space on your blog dedicated to current relationships. Title this space: Relationship Reflection
• Explain why relationships/partnerships are important to you (If you would like, upload a photo or photos of people* who are important to you)
• Identify several people with whom you currently have positive relationships and/or partnerships
• Describe the ways in which each relationship is positive and factors that contributed to developing and maintaining each relationship
• Describe insights regarding challenges to developing and maintaining relationships that you have learned from your experience over time
• What do you see as special characteristics of these relationships that make some, if any, partnerships?
• How might your experiences with relationships/partnerships, including your ability to be an active, reflective contributor, impact your work as an effective early childhood professional?

Relationships are a way to connect with people around you. Relationships are imporant to me because they allow me to communicate with those I love and care for. I value relationships because it allow me and those who connect to me to establish goals, dreams, and work together.  It is not fun to go through life without support, or people to connect with. Thus relationship allows you to have team of people who are with you and support you. Even if there are challenges relationships help to grow and develop you, 

I currently have a relationship with several people that play a major part in mmy life. I have my husband, who is my best friend, we have been in a relationship and married for 6 years. My relationship with my parents was different as I grew up. My parent are divorce since my early 20;s  and I am 29. My mom and I communicate a couple times a week. She lives in Floria. I am her mild manner child so we dont have many disagreement and issues now. My dad and I just talk on occasion.  My sister and I have a great relationship we communicate often during the week. We help each other through life decision, communicate about goals, and dreams, and be sure to allow each other to be themselves My brother and I communicate less frequently but we do have a causal relationship.We all allow check in to make sure each other is doing well atleast montly.  I talk dailly to my friend Jasmine, we have know each other for 7 years and meet through my husband, I can confide in her. We have different role in our relationship and she respect each role that I play. I have 4 godsister who I commuicate regulary they are all older than me and play a great role in my life. Each has their own role and we share the same values. There is much wisdom, guidance, and even countability that we have in each other life. 

Relationships have roles and guidelines. Challenges in relationship is when eacb party does not understand their role or the purpose of the relationship. You also have challenges in relationship when the interaction is oneside. In order to maintain a relationship each party has to put some value, time and action into the relationship so that both parties feel as though their is an equal sharing of roles in the relationship. 

My experiene with relationship, will impact my work as a effective early childhood professional in a positive way. My relationship are majority postiive, and many of them have children who are in early childhood. I have the ability to communicate with them about their children. I also am able to see development in action which is very intriguing since I dont have my own children yet. My relationship all have the same values, and moral so they keep me positive, especially since they support me working with children.