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My Connections to Play

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My Childhood Connections to Play I am 5 years old.  I have a brother that is two and a half years old so I don’t play with him much – yet.  My youngest brother Craig isn’t even a thought in anyone’s mind.  I live in a small rural town where my only neighbors are members of my own family; my grandparents, my aunt, my uncle and my cousins who are seven to fifteen years older than me.  I’m in kindergarten and I’ve made new friends, but none of them close enough to play with on a day to day basis.  I get plenty of attention from my grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins but not on this particular day.   On this day, as on many typical days, I am at play by myself.   During my individual play times, I would take my “dress up” clothes and pretend to play house with my doll babies.  I would dress up in flowing skirts and pretend to feed and change my babies.  I would read them books and f...

Relationship Reflection

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                                                              My Family Spring 2017 Relationships are very important to me.  Good relationships are so very important in my different areas of life.  At work, at school, on the sports field, in clubs/groups and in families and friendships.  Without having good relationship skills it is very difficult to be successful in life no matter how smart or wealthy you are.  Often good relationship skills are learned as a child from good family role models. I have great relationships with my aunts, uncles, cousins, brothers and friends.  Basically every important person in my life.  I feel like my relationships with these people are good because I am very aware of likes/dislikes and strengths/weaknesses.  We know when to push/pull with each other. We also are...