Play

Vygotsky strongly believed in make-believe play, this proceeds to support the zone of proximal development (ZPD) (Woolfolk &Margetts 2013, p. 101). This is a strength of Vygotsky’s theory as the ZPD is focused on performing tasks at higher levels, which the child is not normally capable of (Vygotsky 1978, pp. 86-87). As make-believe play usually takes the role of a person or act which involve higher levels of thinking, children are continually being pushed beyond their ZPD (Vygotsky 1978, p.…

Learning how to play an instrument can be very stressful at times, and even boring. Having to repeat the same thing over and over again can get pretty mundane. But the outcomes are like a big reward of your hard work and dedication you have put in to make it sound perfect. The violin is just that instrument, at first it can be very stressful to learn because you just can’t seem to hit that correct note all the time, but with practice comes perfection. There are many steps and things to do on…

The play follows the story of a traveling salesman, Willy Loman, and his last 24 hours alive before his death. It follows his life and has many flashbacks where Willy is remembering his family and is eager to find where he went wrong in life to be going through this mid life crisis of having to be distant from his family as well as financial woes. This play was written through the late 1940s and during that time period it was the end of the second world war and so not only America, but the whole…

After reading both of these passages i hold a strong position on passage number one "helping children play creatively". I encorage children out there to play using their imagination. Having fun with what there is available,making good use of the everyday items they see around the house or yard. Although organized activities can be fun i dont think they have the same impact on a child development. With organized activities some children grow up to think its okay to miss a day or two of an…

attend one of the best plays of my life. The Title of this play is 16 Wounded written by, Eliam Kraiem. I had the fortune that the producing entity was the Sopris Theatre Company at Colorado Mountain College, therefore It was right here at the Glenwood Springs College and I saw the show on Thursday night of the second week. I recognized some of the major participants in this production such as that it was directed by Wendy S. Moore, whom I thought did a splendid job with this play. I also knew…

The play “Spring Awakening” is directed by Shelly Elman and is originally based on Frank Wedekinds play. The a few characters struggling to transition to adulthood. The personal strife of the characters differs through desire, confusion, frustration and many other effects. Nonetheless, the characters all end up with the drastic questions: Who am I? And what does it all mean? When I first heard about the play in class I had no idea what I was actually going to be looking at. The day of the play,…

The Bow of Herakles is a powerful symbol in Sophocles’ Philoctetes. It is used both as a visual and verbal motif throughout the play. Copious references to the Bow convey important themes that ultimately prepares the play’s audience for the events that transpire in the exodos. Some of these points include ___. The significance of the Bow is made evident in the play with several references to the prophecy within which it is invoked. The first of these references was an indirect allusion to the…

The casting of the actors for this play were well suited with the talents of each of the performers. They drew the audience into the action and provided the audience a balance of character development and comedic content. This was reinforced through the play with actors monologs directed toward the audience, revealing a characters internal conflicts. One area that was a bit of a contradiction came with the choice of using Amanda Tavarez and Belinda Boyd in the roles of Gwendolyn and Lady…

or daughter play football. I believe it is a sport even though it is dangerous since it can cause concussions and other negative effects. I would make the decision by seeing how passionate my child is with the sport. I would want my son to be happy and I would support him. However, I will make sure he is aware of the risks he will be taking. In my opinion, I think the player should still be allowed to play when he knows the risks he will be taking. Therefore, I will allow my son to play…

Case Study Everly’s play is exactly where the developmental norms are for her age rang. While observing, Everly played with her truck and her My Little Ponies. Everly would place her ponies on top of the truck and would pull the truck along with her hands to recreate driving. In Everly’s play there was a conflict with the characters because all of the ponies wanted to be the truck driver. Everly held one pony and pushed all the other ponies off the truck while recreating the voices of the…