My MSECS Journey: A Note of Thanks

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

A Note of Thanks

Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible – the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.
Virginia Satir

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today.
Stacia Tauscher
Thank you to all of my colleagues and a special thanks to Dr. Longo for the words of encouragement, support and the wonderful professional dialoguing throughout this course. Good luck to all of you on your future endeavors! :)

2 comments:

LaWandaDecember 24, 2010 at 7:54 AM
Hi Maxon,

Good quote! Feelings of worthiness is sometimes all that's needed to make a person feel special. Unfortunately a lot of people fail to realize that that's all thats needed.

Note of Thanks

Your post has been a source of encouragement for me and my educator journey. You also inspiration to my thoughts on being a good parent. I wish you many blessings for all of your future endeavors.
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Joy DouglasDecember 28, 2010 at 11:00 AM
Maxon- I would like to thank you for your very insightful blogs. I want to wish you good luck in the future. Thansk Again
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My Connections to Play

When children pretend, they’re using their imaginations to move beyond the bounds of reality. A stick can be a magic wand. A sock can be a puppet. A small child can be a superhero.

Fred Rogers American Television Host

“Play is the highest form of research.”

~ Albert Einstein (scientist)

As a child, my family would always say "Go outside and play". That is exactly what I did. I spent hours upon hours playing in the barn, playing hide and seek and playing on the swing set. One of my favorite activities was climbing up into the silo and pretending I was skydiving as I jumped off into the huge piles of soft fertilizer(manuer). I loved the openess of running through the pasture pretending that the "bad guys" were after us and finding what my cousins and I believed to be the safest and best hiding spots. We would entertain ourselves with the real live cows, horses, pigs and chickens. When not on the farm, I would still play outside. I loved playing with the piles of leaves and climbing trees. I do not rememeber having many actual toys other than Cabbage Patch kids and a huge Strawberry Shortcake collection. I treated the dolls as if they were alive and could communicate with me. I mimicked my mother's behaviors towards my baby brother. I also recall how I loved to play in the kitchen. I could stack soup cans for hours and then bowl them over with my mom's bowling ball.

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