Playground slide

The textbook says that the quality of our nation’s schooling is the most serious educational issue confronting our society, and I agree. In 2014, the Global Index of Cognitive Skills and Educational Attainment ranked the United States 14th (out of 40) in cognitive skills and educational attainment. The nation’s school children are showing little to no improvement in the core studies and reading levels over the past 40 years. There are numerous ways that when combined will help push our…

outdoor environment offers availability of low-structured, low-realistic, natural materials, and spaciousness that encourage dramatic play. New innovative playgrounds are being designed that greatly encourage dramatic play. Old West towns, forts, castles, pirate ships and space ships are some of the themes built into today’s playgrounds. Slides, fire poles, overhead ladders, climbers, bridges, and spring rockers all promote dramatic play as well as decks, roofs, tunnels, talk tubes, and bubble…

One of an all time favorite drink mix is of course Kool-Aid, however, is there a new mix on the rise in the store shelves? While Kool-Aid powder has always been a go-to for many American’s dating back to 1927, a new drink mix has recently been sweeping the nation in the form of liquid called Mio. Mio is a flavor enhancing liquid stored inside a portable small container making it easily accessible to squirt into water bottles while you’re on the go. An estimated 80% of American’s know or…

moooooo 'd” “I 'm not a COW!” growled Ozzie, “I 'm a GNU.” Sammy laughed, saying. “What can you do with a grumpy gnu?” Lucy didn 't laugh. She was worried. When they got to the park, Sammy yelled, “Last one on the slide is a rotten banana.” Then raced Mariposa to the playground. “Wait for me!” cried Lucy. “Lucy, don 't forget about Ozzie.” her mom said. “BUT MOMMMMMMMY...”she wailed. ”What can I do with a grumpy gnu?” Lucy 's mom smiled and walked…

and all she had to write is P and J, Jaelee replayed “I don’t know how to write P” so I wort my name down for her. But Jaelee said she can’t do it and lost interest and wanted to do something else. Jaelee and I went out in the playground and I watched her play on the slide and run around and have fun. Jaelee wanted me to stay next to her the whole time and while we were walking around I noticed a sign that read “Germ Fighter Club”. I asked Jaelee if she could read the sign she said no, so I…

It was the second day of school for me as a kindergarten. Terrified, I resented getting up from bed that day, unhappy that I will be separated from my parents for a couple of hours. The first day of school was scary as well since I’ve never seen so many kids will loud developing personalities and very energetic movements. That day, our parents could come into our class and learn about the teacher and how the classroom was operated. I didn’t mind the kids, since I was with parents. I was very…

When someone mentions New Jersey, what do you envision? Many have called it the “armpit of America” or refer to it as “Dirty Jersey”. My home state of New Jersey is none of those and I want to share with you the “real” New Jersey as opposed to the New Jersey that is often represented by the media. New Jersey usually comes across as being filled with a bunch of Jersey Shore people who don’t pump their own gas, but in reality it has a family rich environment, especially in my hometown of…

would fill with uncontrollable laughter. They lived in a relatively nice area which a lot of surrounding kids and family members. They lived directly behind a nice spacious park with had a few basketball courts, swing sets, slides and other things you would find on a playground; There was also a swimming pool and a recreation center to keep these busy younglings out of trouble. “The time that I spent being a child, are some of my best memories. I remember this lady that worked inside of the…

Liesel. This leads to another reason. Rudy Steiner grows from a young innocent boy, to a risk taking teenager, by catching feelings. A lot of boys crush on girls when they 're young, but what Rudy had for Liesel was a stronger feeling than a little playground crush. For example, "A book floated down the Amper River. A boy jumped in, caught up to it, and held it in his right hand. The surrounding air was a lovely, gorgeous, nauseating cold, not to mention the concrete ache of the water,…

As a child my parents would bring us here to ride our bikes or just simply play in the playground that is at the end of the park by the marina. To me when I read that I had to write a paper about a park of my choosing it was a no brainer that Kennedy park is the park I wanted to write about. Now as an adult I have a 3-year-old son and David…