Friday, July 26, 2013

"My Connections To Play"




“Time is a game played beautifully by children”.
    Heraclitus, Fragments
     Retrieved from www.goodreads.quotes/tag/play

You can’t stop the future
You can’t rewind the past
The only way to learn the secret…
  is to press play.”
 Jay Asher, Thirteen Reasons Why

My parents and family experiment with play by letting me go outside do activities like kickball, jump rope hop scotch, and skating. Skating was my life and my mother brought me my first pair of skates. They were white skates with red wheels. I was so excited. This helps me with my physical and cognitive skills. My play was explored more outdoors with nature and play with my childhood or classmates at school.
I feel like that play is different from the time I use to play because technology has taken over. Children have computer, Ipads, video games, cell phones, so they don’t ha I do not see the children outside playing until the street light come on. When we play as kids we play hard that we did not have a choice but to take a bath because we were sweaty and you play hard all day.
My play as a child was a wonderful experience. I was able to experiment with nature of making playing with dirt making mud pies, and I would skate all day in the street down hills with no knee pads or helmet back than because we did not need them. I love to skate but I will skate after my homework was done and chores were finish and I would skate until the street light came on. Play has helped to understand a child’s development by using their cognitive, language, social/emotional development.














4 comments:

  1. Shartarka,
    I enjoy reading about your childhood play. Skating is so much fun. I had a pair of skates that you slip your shoes into. I still have my skate key! I enjoyed riding my bike too! My neighborhood friends taught me how to ride in there dad's car repair shop. I would get on the bike at the top of the car ramp and they would push me down the ramp.
    May we never loose play in our lives!
    Do you still skate?
    Maria BL
    :)

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  2. We have a lot in common. My first pair of skates were white with teal wheels. Skating is absolutely my favorite. I would skate everywhere too even in the house (I got in trouble for that). I am teaching my children how to skate. On Sundays I go skating with some of my friends and have a good time. As a child I had great experiences with play and I want my children to have the same. Great post!

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  3. Maria I do not skate like I use to because I am so busy working, going to college and busy with my daughter with cheer leading so I do not have the time and Shonda I use to skate to the sun up to sun down. I had a good time with play in my child hood.

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  4. Shartarka I like your quotes the one about rewinding the past is my favorite. It sounds like you had a wonderful childhood :) I use to like playing in dirt too. I can remember making mud pies. I can remember skating and riding big wheels down the heel. You made me think back to my childhood. Thank you for sharing

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