I Feel Fine

Introduction This paper will discuss the relationship between two individuals, each facing a separate crisis in their growth and development as a person. This crisis, with its malignancies and virtues will be thoroughly examined and portrayed in the way of a hypothetical situation, involving two separate persons, and their relationship’s dynamic under the lens of the crisis that the individual faces. The book, Human Development and Human Possibility: Erikson in the Light of Heidegger (1986),…

and a hard-won wisdom about the intersection of race and poverty in America”. When I asked him how he describes his book his response was “pick it up for the language and there’s a story in it”. He chooses what he reads using the same benchmark. “The first thing I’m looking for is, are you singing? If you’re singing then I’ll give you the space to show me something, tell me something, teach me something. But, I really want to appreciate the language.” The same care is given when students in…

Alex Prager was born November 1, 1979 in Los Angeles, California. She is an American photographer and film maker;who has been published to many places such as Vogue and placed in art exhibtions. She has gained popular attention since an exhibiton in 2005 and continues to rise. When Alex was was 13, her parents moved to Florida, but she stayed in LA and she pursued acting. Moreover, she spent her teenage years between Florida, LA, Switersland,and Europe. She has traveled Europe over time and has…

As a project for my Child Development class, I completed an observational child study. I chose a four year old male child of one of my co-workers, whom I had met several months prior to the study. Paxton was born on June 15, 2012 and was six weeks premature. Aside from the requirement of a feeding tube at birth, Paxton suffered no complications. At 30 pounds and 33 inches, he is in the 5th percentile in weight and the 25th percentile in height (Clinical Growth Charts, 2016). His height is…

excellent venues in accomplishing this stimulation. We illustrate this by discussing three different types of play equipment – slide, bridge/tunnel climber, and swing - and identify the types of play each encourage, review how the various gross and fine motor skills are enhanced, and examine how constructive materials and safety aspects cooperate as well. Healthy play environments include equipment that encourage multiple play types. Shapiro and Maras (as cited in Colorado State…

child should know the reason why it is important that firefighters have to wear a fire hat. They should know that fire hats comes in several different colors. At the end of this activity, the children should be able to paint and cut to better their fine motor skills. The purpose of the firefighter hat activity is to keep one of their main body parts of the firefighter body safe from danger and to have a better understanding of why firefighters need to wear fire hats. Developmental domain…

Child Observation Report Two For the Life-Span Development course at Dordt College, a child with his parents and grandparents were observed and recorded for the purpose of students to study the actions of the child. I watch this recording on March 19th, 2016. With the approval of the mother and with the consent form signed, Dr. Christians began interacting with the child, Jonas. Jonas is four years old. The first thing Dr. Christians had Jonas do was to draw himself. Jonas picked out his…

The documentary I recently watched is called Babies. This documentary was filled so many cultures from all around the world. I learned about how four different babies were raised and how each day they started to grow and develop. As you start reading, you’ll learn more about each baby and how they went about their day. In Namibia, the 1st baby that was introduced was Ponijao. Ponijao wasn’t born in the hospital like any other typical baby, he was born in a hut in the middle of nowhere. As the…

skills, I asked Nora to join me in a game of simon says. I asked if she thought we could check off all of the tasks on my list, and she excitedly accepted the challenge. Nora is able to walk as well as an adult forwards and backwards. She can skip and gallop and also has great balance. When asked to stand and hop on one foot, she did so with ease and could balance for at least seven seconds on each foot. She can run and change directions quickly and loves to show off her speed. To assess her…

different families that had both male and female children under the age of ten to determine what types of toys the children have; and we also had to visit toy stores to determine if a link exists between toys involving physicality, gross motor skills or fine motor skills and if this toy is marketed for girls, boys, or is gender neutral. The parent interviews yielded interesting results for this age range. Of the twelve families interviewed, there were fourteen boys and thirteen girls. The…