My Connections to Play

When  I was a little girl, my mom and grandmother was the people that made me and my cousins go outside to play.  My mom was a teacher in headstart and never believe in letting children sit around adults and listen to their conversations.  She love the outside.  We had this really big garden, and each year we would plant and grow our vegetables.  My most found of my childhood would be the day my mom bought me a bike.  I rode my bike from sun up to sun down.  While I was lear to ride, I was trying to
I trying to do a turn around without stepping off my bike. Needless to say, I did the turn around and stepped on a piece of glass and cut my foot.  That did not stop me from riding a bike I would get a new bike every other Christmas and I even took my bike to college. 

I love to jump rope.  I would jump and make many game up and as I jumped. My friend and I would turn the rope really fast and called it the "hot peas".  I learn to do the double dutch rope jumping.  I would always play that. 

One thing my mom and grandmother would make sure that I played close by home. There was a park close by but I was never allowed to go there to play.  I had to stay close to home.  My mom would say we have the same thing in our yard as that's in the park, dirt.

Today, children do not play like they use to.  My kids in my house will not go outside unless I go outside. If I go walk they go for a walk.  If I ask them to let go ride a bike that's a whole different story. No one wants to ride a bike take a walk, play hiding-go-seek, mother my I, or any the fun game I played as a child.  I do get the children at my center play.  And they think that's the most amazing thing to see me play just like them.