The Long Play

In the first day of a week-long tryout my hopes were dashed. I was quickly winded and even had to ask the coach to take me out of play. I came home seriously doubting if I could return, thinking that maybe I was not ready. Nevertheless I went the next day, followed by the next, and so on. My pride in playing soccer does not come from exceptional skill but instead it comes from the long and hard fight that I fought to simply even play the game that I love again and the immense joy…

Play therapy is a type of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy; this technique is typically used for children. It is a therapeutic approach that engages the child in therapy sessions through play. Although play therapy is typically used on children studies show that it can be affective for all ages. Play therapy was introduced in the 1990’s by Susan Knell. Susan Knell originally used the traditional Cognitive Behavioral techniques with clients, she found that by adding toys such as puppets, sandboxes,…

respect child’s play, which makes a playing child “a head taller” than his or her actual height (Vygotsky, 1980) “(Berger). Play allows children to use their creativity while developing their imagination, physical, and emotional strength. Play is important to healthy brain development. Through play, children at a very early age engage and interact in the world around them. There are two different types of play, Pretend play which occurs when the child is alone, then there is also social play.…

Glass Menagerie, are particularly unique. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is a play about the reflections of Mr. Wingfield, a man who abandoned his family in order to pursue his own future. In the play, Williams uses many symbols that signify many different things. Many of the symbols used in the play are used to symbolize some form of escape or distinction between reality and illusion. The entire play is centered around abandonment which started with the Laura and Tom’s father…

easier to understand rather than Basketball. I don’t really have a favorite football team I can get grasp the concept more. I understand the flags, the plays, and the terms for some of their doings. Though football games usually last around 3 hours, the ball is typically in play for only 11 minutes. So I don’t have to sit and watch a game for a long time. It sometimes is fun to watch because you can do almost everything right and still lose because of one little miscue. This is what makes it so…

While teaching in the classroom, you want your children to develop long-term goals. Long-term goals or skills can include developing communication skills, complex cognitive skills, and a safe/positive environment for the children to learn. Also, you want your children in your classroom to gain positive relationships with their peers. Therefore, you want your children to be socially and emotionally ready for the upcoming stages in their life. Children being in a safe and positive environment…

unguided and guided play that both set forth in purpose. As our textbook points out that teachers usually need to be able to explain the importance of play to the parents of children in their classroom because many people do not fully understand the importance of play especially in the early years. The development the occurs during play in young children is so important that without it there can be long lasting effect on a child’s development. “Programs can be play-based, but the play must be…

Gender Inequality is not directly correlated to the toys that kids get to play with when they are kids but it can play a significant role in there thinking of what gender does what and can often create assumptions in there mind that men can not do women things, and women can not do men things, which is the root problem with systematic oppression…

It was about 2 years ago when I started playing basketball. Even though it was long ago it’s one of memorable experienced. I was excited about RAIS and New friend. Long ago I think that basketball is unpleasant also because I never try to play basketball and never think I can play it. It’s really hard for me to learn how to play also I wanted to know how to shoot basketball. So I ask Mr.Jonifer about it and then he told me to follow the step in shooting these are the step of shooting.…

thing that children do very well is play; yet it can be difficult to define behaviors are considered play with the introduction of technology based games This paper will discuss what components make up children’s by describing the types of play and their functions, how play has changed with the rise of globalization and the digital play, and will conclude with the developmental ramifications of these changes. As stated in lecture, there are a numerous types of play children engage in which is…