‘Play – Its nature and value’ by Jerome Anderson In today’s world of technology and pushy parents that want academic savvy children‚ where is the play-time for our kids? For many years parents have been bringing their children to homework clubs‚ football‚ basketball‚ netball practice‚ plus dance classes and other activities to improve their children’s outlook on life. While all these structured activities are good for a child at a young age‚ is it really what they want? According to Article
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characteristics of freely chosen‚ self -directed play and leisure. Freely chosen means that a child is able to make his own choices of when‚ how and what to play. The only intervention for an adult is to make sure that the environment or play is suitable and safe. A play or leisure has to be voluntary‚ spontaneous‚ the child has to be willing to participate and he cannot be forced to play. Children have the freedom to decide and
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The theatre is a place of such elegance and beauty and yet the first conversation that is heard from the stage of such sophistication is about ‘sharting’ ones pants. This is the first conversation that was heard while witnessing this Adelaide-made play‚ Gorgon. Both playwright Elena Carapetis and director Nescha Jelk tell a story which speaks to the targeted teenage audience about the suffering themes of gendered emotion‚ friendship‚ family and grief all while struggling with the ‘side-effects’ of
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Critique The play I am writing about is called Footloose. It was preformed at the Country Day School Pavillion. I saw this play on Saturday‚ April 14‚ 2012. Footloose is about a teenaged boy and his single mother moving to a small town in which the law states that there can be no singing or dancing of any sort. There was a terrible accident that had happened five years ago which involved the priests son in a car crash. The priest blames song and dance‚ therefore banning it in that town. The teenaged
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We are all made uniquely by God and it is wonderful to see how we each may approach things differently‚ but still want to accomplish the same goal. The examples you provided explaining the Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy theory really helped me understand how the theory in practice could help others. Personally‚ I feel most at ease with the Person-Centered Theory because I believe through one’s strengths one is able to get through whatever situation you are encountering. I also resonate with the
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Ivette Cortez Speech 101 Mrs. Wendy Lai Specific Purpose: To inform the audience of the use and certification process of Therapy dogs. Central Idea: To inform the audience about the benefits of using a Therapy dog and how to identify a dog to get it certified. Introduction Attention Getter: The feeling of coming home and getting greeted with so much love by a little creature could brighten up anyone’s day. Knowing that you are loved unconditionally is the greatest feeling. This is what it feels
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WPC Jack Thorne’s play ’When You Cure Me’ is based around a fragile character Rachel who is bed ridden for several months after a tragic sexual assault. Rachel’s monologue appears towards the end of the play as an attempt of closure for the character and audience. Thorne chose to the play as a representation of his own struggles that he could not get across personally. With his individual battle with cholinergic uticaria (allergy to all forms of heat)‚ Thorne was bed ridden and angry at the world
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have been shortening recess time‚ and some schools have been taking out recess completely. Schools have been doing this because they want to improve standardized test scores. But they aren’t accounting for is that play is important to children. Just like adults‚ kids need breaks too. Play is important to children because it encourages moving around and being active. It’s not healthy for a child to be sedentary for hours and hours. Children need their recess so that they can stretch‚ run‚ and just
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Art Therapy- Autism is a neurobiological disorder that strikes children sometime during the first three years of life affecting cognition‚ social interaction‚ and communication skills. No specific cause for autism is known‚ but research suggests the disability might be genetic. The annual cost of treating and supporting individuals with autism spectrum disorders in the United States can be as high as $90 billion. In 10 years‚ the annual cost could be as high as $200 to $400 billion. Ninety percent
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Certainty will lead to Doubt by Dylan Dubson In an immoral place such as that presented in John Patrick Shanleys’ award-winning playwright Doubt‚ it would be unwise to assume the architect of the play would honor and comfort us with a greater and certain ending of the masterpiece. This brings us to the obvious question of what is certainty and how we can be certain of anything. According to Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy‚ “There are various kinds of certainty. A belief is psychologically
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