Essay on Games We Play at Recess

Maturity is a flower that doesn’t grow in everyone's garden. Take me for example, in first grade I would chase the people and give them hugs on the playground every recess. In the book “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Jem finch starts without a flower of maturity and empathy in his garden. Over the course of the book “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Jem Finch changes from a boy into a young man by developing a feeling of empathy and developing a sense of maturity. Over the course of To Kill a Mockingbird Jem…

We, as humans, have to remember that we are not invincible. We cannot think that, we cannot believe that, and most importantly, we can’t do things that we wouldn’t do if we didn’t think we were invincible. This is the day that lesson came and slapped me in the face. This is my lesson. “DING!” There’s the recess bell! The best part of the day! We actually have two recesses here, the first one is around ten and the second one is at two. No recess before or after lunch! This is my Second Grade…

family and friends were jointly together around him. In addition, my father used to play with his friends outside on the streets and when he went home, he would meet…

name is Alec and my sisters names are Hannah and Clarissa. Clarissa is the oldest one, then it's Hannah, Alec, then me. I'm the youngest in the family. Everyone in my family plays a sport, the girls in the family play softball because our mom and aunt played since they were little and carried it onto us. The boys in the family play football because our dad played for a while in middle school and high school. Football has carried into my brother and he turned out to like it. When I was…

school I had ever been to was Cimarron High School. I started there when I was in kindergarten. Throughout those years I had a tough time making friends. I wasn't necessarily rich and to be popular there you had to have a known last name. I remember at recess none of the girls would like me because I was always playing football and soccer with their boyfriends. Maybe they were just jealous because I could…

Parents, We are excited that your child will be in the Cool Cats this year! We hope to not only show them a fun-loving environment, but we hope that your child can come here and learn to be the best they can be in school and in life! We want them to have fun, but we also want to keep them safe and prepare them for life’s journeys ahead. We will be and have been going over with your children, a new method for helping your child to succeed. Below are the expectations for our classroom, but we…

creating. I would play with Lego (small interlocking building blocks) for hours, alone or with friends. I also enjoyed making sand castles in my backyard, or at the beach close to my home. My lunch and recess breaks would be consumed by various games of tag, typically Manhunt. Another activity that I loved to do was to visit the petting zoo. I had a membership at Maplewood petting zoo, and my Mom would often take me to look at the farm animals and pet the goats. For this “Play like a Kid”…

telling Owen “Not tell them. We okay with that? You’re not lying to them. There is just no reason they need to know.” (Suskind, 2014). His parents also used that mentality to get Owen to tell them about the party by saying “… forget about a party. We don’t care about that… were there any grils in the house Saturday night?... lots of girls?” (Suskind, 2014). It was pretty amazing because shortly after I read this passage a special needs child was refusing to go in after recess. He climbed to the…

and Dave, and talk about video games, movies, or whatever else popped into their thoughts. On Mondays, stories of everyone’s weekend was the expected topic of conversation and that ultimately came to fruition when Phillip sat down to eat his turkey sandwich. “It is really awesome!” Dave proclaimed to a less-than-interested Manny and Phillip. “I told you motocross run four would be better than the other three put together. My mom got me the game for my virtual game lenses and I played it all…

We surveyed residents in the community on the issues they found pressing. They were concerned for the children safety and would like to expand the playground to allow children to have a larger play environment to keep them out of the roads. Each member of the volunteer group had a particular part in the negotiation to research. During the beginning of our research we looked up the crime and demographics. We learned that crime in Ithaca, New York was heavy…