"I still get wildly enthusiastic about little things...I play with leaves. I skip down the street and run against the wind." Leo F. Buscaglia
One of my favorite play items growing up was the Little Pet shop! I had so many animals and so many sets to play with. Also I loved play dough. My parents hated the mess but always encouraged it.
I was an active child. I was always questioning. I had a wild imagination. My parents always pushed me to be outgoing, active, and have my own mind. To this day, I use my imagination with my students. I am creative and bring different ideas to the table. I was taught to stand up with my ideas. As I got older, I was still encouraged to be active. I was a high honor student but was pushed to keep a little child in me. My parents did encourage to have time to my self where I did what I wanted. That was hiking, running, swimming, jumping on the trampoline, playing sports, reading, doing whatever I wanted. when I could.
with the push for excellence in academics, play starts to be forced out the door, especially with older children. I hope that even at middle and high school levels, play will still be enforced. I guess just that free time to do as they wish is important.
Thank you for sharing... You brought back a great memory of playing with play dough...I had every color and now that I am adult I buy everything play dough for my nieces and nephews. My parents didn't like play dough either. They said somehow, some way i always got a piece of it stuck on the carpet. They were right but I still played with it anyway. I do agree that play should be enforced in middle and high school. I just shared with another classmate that my nephew is in the fourth grade and he does not even get gym. Wow!!! Times have changed!
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