My Support

Support= someone  being helpful in the time of need or have your best interest at heart.

    It would be a very lonely life if a person did not show or receive support from others. Each  morning  I wake up, I need to know that I have spiritual/emotional  support from praying to GOD. Studying my bible gives the support to deal with matters of the day. From this I feel that I can help others socially ( hugs, smiles, conversation and reaching out via e-mail or phone).
   My husband and daughter are another factor of support, with out them I would feel very much alone. Each evening we talk about our day, I guess you could say it's a time to reflect on the high points and the low points. Sometimes venting or  laughter comes with the mood we are in and  a hug of gratitude for the end of a working day.  My practical support is simply being organize in the day to day priorities, getting clothes ready for the work week, having lunch ready for the week ,dinner,  days for cleaning the house to keep it nice at all times. I must say having support  from the family with an organized home truly helps with the mood  and then the monetary support is something I take pride in. My husband pays all of the bills and I'm the  contributor to the pot. I'm very bless that he takes awesome care of our family. The benefits that we reap from this is a peaceful, loving  castle to come back to at the end of the day.
  All of this support that I receive benefits others in my life, I've  learned  early on to think about other's needs and be in the moment with friends , family and co-workers. I believe when you understand being supportive to others it becomes a "service" that is so worthwhile. and the measures come back to you in more ways.
   If I had to chose a challenge and imagine what life would be like without help, I would look at being pregnant in my late forties with no help. Wow how frightening that would be!
   No father for the child, no extra monetary support, no community help, no emotional support to share my feeling. I'm so grateful that I'm not in that type of situation, yet I  must think of others that could be. In my heart of hearts I believe that everyone has at least someone in their life that they can count on. What would this world be like if absolutely no support was available for such an individual.

My prayer is that each person feels loved and supported through life!




    

My Connection to Play

Two great quotes;

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”
― Plato

http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/879.Plato

 

Play is our brain's favorite way of learning.

Diane Ackerman
Contemporary American author

http://www.museumofplay.org/education/education-and-play-resources/play-quotes

The Essentials things I would need for play.....my FRIENDS and TOYS in my younger self

 

 

 

 

 

 

As a child, I had the best time playing in my yard. My parents encouraged play and allowed our home to be the head quarter for friends to hang out at all day over the weekend and after school!

 

Today's play is much different from the 70's. Today children have videos, x-boxes, wii games and so much more. In the 70's we all had sticks and balls to play with. I'm glad today that toy guns are not as welcomed as they were in the 70's.

My hope for the parents today, is let your child have a balance of structured paly with free play!

 

The role of paly was a part of life everyday. We were expected get homework done then go outside until the street lights came on.  Today play has it's same meaning.....freedom and fun. Children should be given that break each toady to run from their world of stress through play! As for adults we need that pleasure....we should train our self to have fun, it could be the form of sports, bile riding whatever, but we most have be intentional about working hard, resting and PLAYING!

 

Relationship Reflection

Relationship Reflection

 I love meeting people and sharing history.

Unfortunately, I can’t say that I have childhood friends in my life or even a friend that I speak to on a daily or monthly basis. My daughter, son  and my husband are the wonderful people that keep me motivated.

My husband and I made up in our minds that we would treat each other better than we treat our co-workers or other family members. We agreed to handle things on our own and if we needed help, we would seek  a seasoned, wise, Christian, whom values truth and love  for guidance.

In our experience over time, we have learned that others truly look for drama to divert them from their own issues; we just don’t have the time nor do we want to entertain those people.  Special characteristics are confidence, kindness, and care in how we deliver or have a crucial conversation.

The expectation of a healthy relationship was actually modeled for me from a former department on my job, at the Hospital, where investing in tools to have a successful crucial conversations or learning gratitude , to produce the  best outcome in patient care, reminded me that this tool could be used anywhere: home or work. So for the best outcome in a child’s development; honesty, respect and participation to build a relationship is how I like to think I  contribute to an effective partnership with families.

 

PLAY DURING EARLY CHILDHOOD IS NECESSARY!

Play  during early childhood is necessary if humans are to reach their full potential  https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=606725958741575962#editor/target=post;postID=7401553333293654715

My Commentary

I have learned so much about play and interplay. My greatest wish is that adults truly look at infant play and advocate for  our smallest citizens  while praising them on the hard work  to communicate their silent language of cues.
Mister Rogers was wonderful and  I have quoted him on play, yet  even in his powerful role of influence he missed the opportunity to shared about the wonders and excited joy our infants have in discovering their world:-)

One quote about children

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/f/fredrogers193081.html#BZl4GiPrDwRpLwZM.99

 

Fred Rogers AKA Mister Rogers:-)

 

 

 

Testing for Intelligence

Testing for Intelligence

 

 Child: plural noun: children

1.    a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=what+does+child+mean

 

 Holistic;

1.    characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole.

                         2.  Medicine characterized by the treatment of the whole person, taking into account mental and social factors, rather than just the physical symptoms of a disease. https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=what+does+holistic+mean

 

 

When I think of the whole child and an asked what is my opinion on how a child should be assessed?  My answer, is not only testing in academic achievements which on paper give us a portion of how the child  comprehend questions , but in the environment of how a child  functions. Example …emotions, respective, descriptive and expressive language during interaction. Also vision, hearing, taste, and smell, also physical development plays a great part on how the child takes information in and applies  the data. We have Ages and Stages Questionnaires from birth to six, at this point in elementary and secondary peers play a crucial role how children isolate themselves or flourish because of confidence. So an environmental assessment of the whole child would be beneficial.

 

Let’s look at China   

 

 May 2007 | Volume 64 | Number 8 Educating the Whole Child Pages 70-73

China and the Whole Child

Yong Zhao

A nation with a rigid thousand-year-old testing system struggles to implement a more holistic approach to education.

Half a century ago, Mao Tse-tung articulated the central aim of Chinese education: “Our educational policy must enable everyone who receives an education to develop morally, intellectually, and physically and become a worker with both socialist consciousness and culture” (1957). China embraced, in theory, Mao's appeal for educating the whole child, and this approach remains the guiding principle for education in China today. Yet it has had a minimal effect on Chinese education.

Overworked, Underrested

Students in China continue to be burdened with long school days, mountains of homework, and time-consuming school-oriented extracurricular activities. Sleep deprivation among students as a result of excessive schoolwork is a persistent problem. According to the Beijing Education Commission, over 60 percent of students don't get sufficient sleep (Zhang, 2006). On weekdays, students leave for school at approximately 7:00 a.m.; they typically get home around 6:00 p.m., with at least two or three hours of homework to complete. On weekends, students attend tutoring sessions, training courses for various contests, or test preparation events (Liu & Liu, 2004; Lv & Song, 2005). They are simply too busy to sleep or engage in leisure activities.

Reference;

Yong, Z. (2007, May 1). China and the Whole Child. . Retrieved , from http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may07/vol64/num08/China-and-the-Whole-Child.aspx

 

 

Additional Comments

 

Above all else the cliché “ the children are our future”   is very try, and as educators  it is our responsibility to stay current in education and  objective  to how to enhance, create and implement fair assessment that look at the whole child’s   way of taking in and applying life skills.