“My Connection to Play”

If I were five, I would enjoy playing in the home living are where I could dress and pretend to be an adult in high heel shoes, a hat on, and a fancy purse. I vividly remember me wearing my mother’s shoes; carefully walking not falling or stumbling. My mother was a Home Economics person so her hats matched her gloves, and matched her-self covered shoes, a project she told me she enjoyed doing. Just the act of pretending made me very happy

Remembering the smell of the wooden kitchen set I received as a gift for Christmas still holds a fresh memory. We must remember the overall reason for play in a class setting, “play involves a free choice activity that is non-literal, self motivated, enjoyable and process-oriented. (Johnson, Christie and Yawkey, 1999).

 

 

Children that selected their free choice center!