A critique of the book is included. The critique includes questions that the author should have addressed/considered. It should be about 1 page.…
My parents always spoke positivity into my life. They started early with making sure my self esteem was high and intact. Page 3….. Toddler walking towards parents.…
The book I chose for my book critique is “My Mouth is a Volcano!” by the author Julia Cook and illustrated by Carrie Hartman. The author Julia Cook who is an educator has created numerous books dealing with social and life skills for young children. From a parent and future educator’s perspective this book is a wonderful addition to any home or classroom library. The book really helps to teach children the social skill of not interrupting while someone else is speaking.…
As I read pages 36-37, I realized that this book showed a different type of life, the from what i lived. This book opened a window that made me realize that there are actually young children in this world, even younger than me that go through so many trials at their young age then I would in a lifetime. First, in this expert Joe’s stepmother Thula gave his father Harry an ultimatum to choose her or his son Joe. To my surprise harry chose Thula over his 10 year old son. This part of the book was so eye opening to see that people can actually be so cruel. Second in this expert made me realize that even when the world is so cruel to you, you should always keep your head up, and make the best of any situation that you are in. This expert from…
The readings I have chosen to discuss and compare are: An Introduction to Children’s Learning (Ray Potter), The Significance of Young Children’s Personal, Social and Emotional Development (Dowling M) and How Children Learn (Curtis A, O’Hagan M).…
Analysis Article The writer of the article “Overprotective parents stifle growth”, Jane Brown a retired school principal, claims that parents are too protective of their children whilst the writer of “Reality Check”, Jack Lee, indicates that parents aren’t taking enough precaution with their children. The writers use different persuasive techniques to persuade their readers such as emotive writing. The tone that the writers use is pleading and the style of both pieces are simple. There is a picture placed between both articles and is used to show a similarity between the two articles. A technique used by Jane Brown is sarcasm throughout the article. She talks about how parents are trying to create “perfect” children and “protecting” them and “incidents” occurring at school, by specifically using these words the reader thinks that there really is no such thing as…
This book was really interesting and touching. The parents of Lynn, the deaf little girl, were very strong parents and their struggle to be able to make their daughters life as normal as possible was hard for them since everywhere they went the answer the always got was, for Lynn to try to talk and be treated as a normal child. As parents, Louise and Tom did everything they were told and only hoped for the best and that one day their deaf child would be able to talk. Since the beginning when they found out their daughter was deaf they did all the research they could to try and be able to make life better for Lynn. Every doctor and specialist they saw always told me to treat her as a normal child, to talk to her, and to not use gestures or sign language.…
After reading this book I have come to know myself better than what I had before. Even though throughout the book I was embarrassed by some of my reactions and answers to the mind boggling riddles that I was so quick to judge on. I would rather know that my hidden biases exist rather than unconsciously pretend that it isn’t there. At least now I can take responsibility for my actions and do what I can to change my hidden bias into a…
Heinrich uses mainly pathos in his article as well. Instead of the angry tone of Tenner, he tells cute stories of his kids and how he uses teaching his kids to argue to bring a bit of stability and civility in interacting with a child. As these writers go through their various examples they are building up their credibility of the authors, therefore, applying ethos to the articles. Heinrichs’…
I can see my past behaviors in them. This book had equipped me with some communication tools I need to teach them better listening and talking techniques. I can see in them, how explosive conversation can become if there is no listening involved. I still have “flat brain” because I’m human; but I can apologize and move forward without holding grudges. This is a blessing within itself.…
I begrudgingly bought this book for my senior seminar. I thought it would be a bit childish for…
“What do you do when you don’t know what you are doing?” (Martinez, 2010). In the NICU the twins each had their own nurse. When my husband went back to work, it was just me at home having to comfort two crying babies at once. This was not something I had experienced in the NICU. Heuristics such as trial and error through means-end analysis would help me “make progress towards the goal” of figuring out how to soothe both babies. Problem solving and critical thinking allowed me to ask myself questions to make the situation better. Sometimes the solution was food while other times it was as simple as changing out the toy they were playing with. I just kept trying different options until something worked and the crying stopped. Although, there were times when nothing soothed the crying. When this happened the emotions I felt became overwhelming. Metacognition would kick in again where I questioned myself but didn’t have an answer. At times my emotions turned into frustration, anxiety and guilt because I had to just let them cry. This turned out to be a solution within itself. After they finished crying, they would fall asleep and wake up happy. Over time, I was able to set routines that made my day manageable. The habits I formed let the solutions to problems fall into place. Though I couldn’t solve every problem that arose, I had a…
All in all, this book, to me, was a good read. It definitely would spark interest in young children even if the author has underlying messages. Like any good book, it should provoke thoughts and opinions, good or…
I think, this book deserves 5 stares. This book teaches people how it is important to be strong in any situation. Also, it teaches people that they need to listen to their kid, because kids can help. Lastly, it is a good example for people that can’t had kids, because it shown that adopting…
This book has taught me to keep motivated and reach out for my goals just that in my opinion they should have shown us and give suggestions in what we can do.…