My Supports

It is without a doubt in mind that my support is my husband . As I look at my husband being a supportive factor in my life, I can describe him as being a tower of strength to me. He has always been beside me giving me encouraging words as it relates to emotional, physical, social well being and most important financially. The benefits for having these supports are indeed of utmost importance and vital to my life as an independent individual because in life one can be faced with numerous challenges that might be more than what he or she can manage independently. Therefore, its a joyous feeling to know that you can have someone to share your needs and desires with that can give you encouraging words to build your self- esteem and confidence. However, without having these supports I can truly say that it would be very challenging as well as confusing not knowing what to do at times because there comes a point in life wherein you are faced with situations wherein  you just don't know what to do inorder to find a suitable solution. Therefore, I would not even want to think about what impact it would have if he was not around.


The challenge that I chose to imagine is being a single- parent. I| personally think that it would be a very big challenge for me because at times it is rather challenging to be a mom, teacher, wife and additional chores. In having my husband around as a supportive factor, everything is balanced as we share chores, ideas to accomplish dersired needs and want. This I must say is very beneficial.                                                             

My Connections to Play

Quotes on play

"Play is our brain's favorite way of learning."(Diane Ackerman)-Contemporary American author)

"Children need the freedom and time to play. Play is not a luxury. Play is a necessity."- (Kay Redfield Jamison)-Contemporary American professor of psychiatry

 I can definitely recall as a child growing I loved playing with dolls pretending to be a teacher and mom at all times. Secondly, I like riding bicycles around the block and at the park with my neighbors on  the weekends. 

            

During my childhood days I can recall being engaged in play activities a lot both in and out of my home environment. I can remember my mom bought a big chalkboard for my sister and I to play with and we would use it to pretend teaching one another. We also used it to teach our dolls and plants at home. We were allocated a lot of playtime experiences. At school we were given a lot of opportunity to play both in and out of the classroom environment. Play activities were sometimes planned by my teacher and sometimes we were just allowed free play session wherein we did anything that we felt like doing with our friends. Therefore, I can truly say that play was fully supported by both my family members and educators as a young child growing up.

As it relates to play today, I have observed that not everyone supports it. Some people believe that the children are just running up and down and making noise. I also have observed that even at some schools the whole process of play is ignored and children are exposed to a structured setting of learning, they are not given the opportunity to express and socialize through play as they would have like to at all. I therefore, can strongly say that the whole process of play today is totally different to what I was exposed to as a child. However, I strongly hope that everyone that is involved in interacting with children on a daily basis be educated about the important of play towards the growth and development of their children because through play children are capable of learning skills that no one else can teach them. This is simply because play is self-oriented and intrinsically motivated that unfolds naturally from within.

My thoughts as it regards to the role of play throughout life is that it is very essential towards the development of domains for example brain development which is very crucial in everyone lives. Therefore, I strongly believe that it should be exercised throughout one's life leading into adulthood.