"My connections to play"

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I spent my whole childhood wishing I were older and now I'm spending my adulthood wishing I were younger.

Ricky Schroder

You know, you don't have to look like everybody else to be acceptable and to feel acceptable.

Fred Rogers

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Growing up I played with my sister, three brothers and neighborhood kids quite often. We played almost anything you can think of and made life seem so much enjoyable. When you are a kid you do not think about tomorrows worries. My mother never stopped or interrupted our playing and we played in appropriate manner. Sometimes my mother would play with us because she was a big kid herself.

I would have to say from what I have observed in this field play is very similar to my childhood. The only difference s that schools are trying to take play out of student curriculum. What kid does not want to play. I have seen that even all of the games are the same as growing up. Hide and go seek, Doctor and nurse, Mom and dad, Vet,  playing teacher, the driver, dressing up,Cooking etc.

When children play no one is left out or looked at differently. I notice the difference in children developmentally when they are social with other children. I highly encourage play.






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Relationship Reflection

Relationship Reflection

Relationships has so much meaning to one’s life. My relationships in my current life make me who I am today for the god and some for the bad, for the bad it has been a learning process. My relationships sums up my life and they are very important to me. The relationships I have with my class, their parents, my boyfriend and my family are important.

My relationship with my boyfriend so far is most important to me in my personal life because he has helped me in so many ways than a lot of people inside or outside my family. My boyfriend and I have been together for almost six years, he is my everything.

The relationship I have had with my grandmother in the past was very difficult and there was a lot that I did not understand then but I do now. My grandmother was abusive and I had so much hate in my heart for her. I never understood why she’s done the things she done to herself and to her grandchildren. Being with my grandmother was the hardest thing in my life to the point where I wanted to end my life. When I moved out of her house at 18 my grandmother was very upset and I knew then my life was going to change. I am a stronger person today because of my grandmother and we are now closer than we have ever been but I will never forget the past and how things went down. I love her but we need this distance.

It was very hard to maintain a relationship with my grandmother, but life is too short and we are all human. I never had a relationship with my father because he was never involved in my life and the relationship with my mother would have been a great one if she had not been murdered while I was a young girl.

Over time I have learned confidence, lots of patience and independence. I have gained many other insights but those three were the top 3 that took the longest and was the hardest to pursue for me at that time.

As a child care professional, you have to have confidence in yourself and believe what you are able and willing to do because if you don’t know one else will have confidence in you or believe in you. How can I teach other children to believe in themselves or to grow if I do not have it in me. I am still learning things about myself just being in this field because of the children. I want children to see how great of a gift they are just like I do.