Playgrounds

Cyberbullying is characterized as the demonstration of purposefully harassing, tormenting, threatening, mortifying, humiliating, or generally stalking somebody by utilizing the web, for example, online networking, email, texting, or through instant messages or pictures through cell phones. About 20–40% of all youths have been cyberbullied at least once in their lives (Tokunaga, 2010, p.277). Despite the fact that there is no physical violence involved in cyberbullying, research shown that verbal…

Junk food in schools and vending machines has become a growing controversial topic amongst parents and the government. There is a multitude of reasons for keeping it in the school system. Many argue that banning junk food will help combat obesity even though more results would come from increased exercise. The government effort to ban junk food is well intended but doesn't solve the problem they want it to solve. Junk food should be left in school because it provides revenue for the school,…

Central Park Travel Guide In the center of the Manhattan borough of New York, visitors will discover a storied and idyllic green space known as Central Park. This highly famed attraction was first built in 1857, and originally only encompassed 778 acres. After a time, the popularity of the park forced an expansion to the current 843 acres that it now holds. As a celebrated collaboration between the architect Calvert Vaux and landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted, Central Park is the most…

The Midwest is home to states with rich cultural backgrounds and popular tourist attractions. To take a break from the busy schedule I have as a student, and to avoid writing more essays like this, I went on a vacation to Michigan with my mother and two siblings. We visited South Haven, a pleasant port city on Lake Michigan’s east coast, and Detroit, the famous largest city in Michigan. These areas interest me because there’s plenty to do; there are amazing restaurants, breath-taking scenery,…

think the majority of bullying occurs? Playgrounds, homes, crowded places, or schools? If you said schools, you are correct; the majority of bullying occurs in educational institutions. (Nansel, Overpeck, Haynie, Ruan, & Scheidt, 2003; Williams, Chambers, Logan, & Robinson, 1996). Places such as locker rooms, bathrooms, and parking lots are high-risk bullying zones. “Bullying occurs twice per hour in the classroom and every seven minutes on the school playground (Atlas & Pepler, 1998; Craig &…

The type of early childhood program I would develop for children ages 2-6 would be a preschool. Preschools are explicitly designed to provide intellectual and social experiences for children (Feldman, 2015). The curriculum would be tailored to Lev Vygotsky’s view on cognitive development. The program would provide adequate nutrition to promote expected physical changes through preschool years. The program would, also, be concerned with the health and safety of those enrolled. Children go…

can be used effectively to foster social development in the classroom. Such activities require students to utilize a variety of social skills (voice modulation, taking turns, sportsmanship, dealing with competition, etc.)” (Lavoie, n.d., para.12). Playground activities with intentional social interactions are another opportunity to display the concept of a good team spirit and how to work…

Bullying on the playground has been around since the beginning of time and it’s somewhat easy to escape from it just by simply not going to school or even changing schools. Bullying on the internet, however, is something that no one can escape unless there is no internet…

Advantages of nature play on the development of children The advantages of children interacting with the natural environment have been promoted to early childhood educators and families of children alike, with theorists such as Froebel (1896) encouraging for children to be acquainted with the nature and their fellow creatures. With the development of the world into highly constructed environments Louv (2000) suggests that children are prone to suffering “nature deficit disorder” from the lack of…

Walking through the halls of an elementary school, I could only hear the sound of my footsteps. When I stepped outside to the playground, the leaves were flying in the wind and the birds were singing, not a child to be seen. I wondered where the children are and why is it so silent. Rhea believes that children were built to move and when they do not have the choice to have the unstructured play they need these children begin to shut down and perform poorly. She explains that when a child is…