Crayon

Child abuse is a major problem in todays society, but now there are more and more instances in which parents, who believe in disciplining their children, are being accused of abuse. People are now struggling with how to categorize these incidents as either parental discipline or child abuse. Although many believe that parental discipline is no different than child abuse, there is a fine line that is drawn between the two. While child abuse is committed out of hatred and violence, parents…

pincer grasp. Takes objects out of container. Extends wrist. Releases object voluntarily. Tries to imitate scribble. Uses hands freely may show preference for one. Grasps crayon (put comments about crayon here). Puts objects in container. Supinates forearm. Places one block on top of another without balancing. Marks paper with crayon. Puts three or more objects into container. Builds tower using two cubes. Inverts small container spontaneously to obtain tiny object. Puts many objects into…

The early memory that I have with composing is drawing with color pencils and crayons. When I was at age four I remember my mother had brought me a book of pictures and a set of color pencils. I learned to color the pictures inside the picture book and that time I was not that good with coloring I always miss a spot or the colors comes out the pictures. When I went to school in my fist grade we have an Art teacher and she asks each one of us to draw a picture of a family or a house and a…

Campbell, K. (2012). Lester's dreadful sweaters. Tonawanda, NY: Kids Can Press. Summary: Clara’s cottage is consumed by a crocodiles so she moves in with Lester’s family. Clara makes Lester a sweater and he thinks it was so sweet of her until he see the dreadful sweater. Everyday Clara knits Lester a new sweater and each sweater comes in contact with a mysterious and tragic end. The last sweater makes Lester look like a clown, and At Enid’s party Lester meets a clown that loves it. Lester takes…

Walter Mischel, a psychologist has conducted an experiment on children as well as adults to understand about self-control. Self-control means to control oneself for their own benefit. His test of determining self-control has been very successful in his field of research. The test is known as the “Marshmallow test” in which a child has been seated in a room by a researcher and is given one marshmallow. He then is asked to not eat the marshmallow until the researcher comes back in the room, if he…

Empathy Muscles “Take care of yourself first or you will have nothing left to give others.” -Unknown Take a moment to applaud yourself for taking time out of your week to exercise your empathy muscles! Some shifts can make us feel upset because people who reach out for emotional support may share information that can be challenging to comprehend. I believe that each of us are caring and empathic. If we were not, we probably would not be willing to spend time having unsettling conversations with…

Imagine sitting in your second grade classroom. You have just begun your third year of your entire school career. You are still in the phase of not knowing everyone, not having multiple friends or have just made friends. Well one day of second grade, with my teacher Mrs. Pumpill, it was an activity day.-What that means is we learned for half the day and the other half were spent doing the activity. On this day the activity was coloring, which happened to be one of my favorite activities…

Introduction J.K. Rowling once said, “I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a book.” As an aspiring elementary teacher, I believe this statement speaks volumes about the positive effects that reading can have on children. Books can be viewed as windows, providing children multiple views of the world. Reading can also allow children to see the world in different perspectives, acting as a mirror and reflecting the way that we see ourselves. It is vital that books allow…

find more and if the mines produced enough to last a long time. D.) crayons: portability-can carry with no problems but will start to weigh you down, divisibility-a small box can equal up to large box, durability-can be easily broken, stability-over time they would still be durable wax would have to abundant. Crayons would be a perfect match to replace money the only problem is carrying a lot at one time, but other than that if crayons replaced money we would be…

Icy Figures Did you know, that all snowflakes are different? They are amazing, unique figures. Flakes are beautiful because of their extraordinary shapes, their variety of myths, and how they're created from the dust of the earth. It's good to know about snowflakes because according to Fake Flakes by Trent Bradshaw, most stores, schools, libraries, and many other similar places have an incorrect replica decoration about a real snowflake. I'm not saying you can't put up a design with the…