Crawling

INTRODUCTION Physical Literacy/Multi Skills Physical literacy provides children with the tools they need to take part in a wide range of physical activity and sports, much in the same way as numeracy and literacy skills prepare a child for a life of work or study. The definition of Physical Literacy is: “the development of fundamental movement skills and fundamental sport skills that permit a child to move confidently and with control, in a wide range of physical activity, rhythmic (dance) and…

In the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” Scout’s life alters from what it was before. Scout was an innocent young tomboy, who had a brother named Jem. This alteration starts when her father Atticus, a lawyer, defends an African American, Tom Robinson, a man who is accused of raping a white woman. In the beginning, Scout was a six-year-old who liked to play with Jem and Dill, who always visited Maycomb, Alabama. When the trial started, she learned many things such as walking away from a fight. She…

Writing Sample In life, sometimes we are afraid to move forward for fear of failure. We hold ourselves back and instead of getting closer to our goals we stop ourselves. That can result in missing great opportunities, however, all we may need is a push to get rid of the fear so we may reach our full potential. Many children, who for the first time are learning how to ride a bike, start off with training wheels. They may have a parent, sibling, relative or friend there to help teach and guide…

Crane 's character, Henry, glorifies this sign of honor, he soon realizes that a red badge of courage often means pain, horror, and death. As early as chapter 2, Crane includes this simile when describing the squad: 'they were like two serpents crawling from the cavern of the night. ' Notice how he compares men to serpents as they might crawl on the ground at night. Serpent implies a dangerous or evil creature, so this image is meant to suggest unfriendly men. This comparison of the men to…

In Joseph Conrad, novella, “Heart of Darkness”, there are quite a few types of darkness depicted. There is the literal darkness, due to nature, the darkness of ones skin, and most importantly the darkness of ones soul.. Conrad tells the tale of not only colonialism in Africa during 1890s, but how a journey deep into the jungle can ultimately bring out the potential “darkness” within anyones soul. The story itself centers around a man by the name of Marlow, who undertakes a journey up the Congo…

A Rose of Civil War When the war started at Fort Summer, North Carolina on April 12, 1861 I was only 17 years old. At the beginning of the war the Southern states had 9 million people and the Northern states had population of 22 million people; I was one of them. They fought in thousands of different places, beginning from southern Pennsylvania to the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of France. Over five years of fighting, soldiers were dying because of starvation, diseases and combats. As I…

On Saturday, February 6th, I traveled to the 8th Annual Tack Swap hosted by the Stark County Jr. Fair 4-H Horse Committee at the Stark County Fairgrounds. This was the first time I had ever been to this event and I was attending to assist my good friend Amy with her booth. Amy is the owner and operator of a small scale western wear store, City Limits Western, which was going to be displayed at the tack swap and her husband Dusty, our friend Adriana, and myself were all recruited to help her out.…

nature. Motor development is an early stage of childhood, where you’re able to gage their development milestones in infancy up to toddlerhood. Motor development is the change in the physical movement and body control. Gross motor movement includes crawling, sitting, standing, walking, and running. Fine motor movements include grasping and object, picking up an object, holding a small toy or object. Communication known as language skill include responding to noise or even light, uttering one…

Babies are simply amazing in the amount of physical growth and mental development that occurs within the first year of life. What is fascinating are the distinct differences in development from one baby to the next in personality, physical growth and mental progression. Genetics certainly has a place within these areas of development; however, I want to dig into the external side of infant development within the home and caretakers. We see in the text a marked difference in the weight of the…

Limbs creaking, I slowly stepped out of the minivan which was driving my church group to Staten Island for a mission trip. Scanning the area, I saw something unbelievable. What was that? Befuddled, I did a double, then a triple take to confirm I wasn’t just having a hallucination. I wasn’t; it was no illusion. She was an angel- with exquisite, electric blue eyes and the skin tone of a Greek goddess. As she walked towards me, time slowed to a crawl, and the saxophone part from “Careless Whisper”…