Praxis of Miss. Clark

Young Ontario Certified Teacher seeking Full Time, Occasional and Long Term Occasional Elementary teaching employment come fall. Drama practitioner, strong interest in Child and Adolescent Developmental Psychology, as well as School Psychology and Drama Therapy. Check out my website www.kaleigh.ca
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I think what gets me the most about this “to do” list is that to an adult, these items seem trivial and silly, however to a child, this is demonstrating a sense of control over their own lives and the behaviours and activities that essentially make them happy. Rarely do adults write a “to do” list of things that ACTUALLY make them happy. I hardly recall a time in which I scheduled time for me to do something that would essentially make me happy and fulfill some part of my day. If I were to put myself in this child’s sneakers, I would 1. feel proud that I was able to replicate something that grown-ups do, 2. was able to regulate my activities into a productive list of achievable goals, and most importantly, 3. was able to spell “store” correctly. I remembered the “e”!! Although number 2. seems a little bit of a mature thing for a young child to think, I would essentially be practicing a skill at this age that would prepare me later in life. Chore lists, job duties, recipes, instructions, homework completion, exam studying etc. And yes, I giggled when it states “get dizzy”. But why shouldn’t we all get a little dizzy sometimes? Might shake things up a bit… coolcatteacher: This child’s to do list makes me smile - I especially like “get dizzy.” (via A child’s to-do list - Boing Boing)

I think what gets me the most about this “to do” list is that to an adult, these items seem trivial and silly, however to a child, this is demonstrating a sense of control over their own lives and the behaviours and activities that essentially make them happy. Rarely do adults write a “to do” list of things that ACTUALLY make them happy. I hardly recall a time in which I scheduled time for me to do something that would essentially make me happy and fulfill some part of my day. If I were to put myself in this child’s sneakers, I would 1. feel proud that I was able to replicate something that grown-ups do, 2. was able to regulate my activities into a productive list of achievable goals, and most importantly, 3. was able to spell “store” correctly. I remembered the “e”!! Although number 2. seems a little bit of a mature thing for a young child to think, I would essentially be practicing a skill at this age that would prepare me later in life. Chore lists, job duties, recipes, instructions, homework completion, exam studying etc.

And yes, I giggled when it states “get dizzy”. But why shouldn’t we all get a little dizzy sometimes? Might shake things up a bit…

coolcatteacher:

This child’s to do list makes me smile - I especially like “get dizzy.” (via A child’s to-do list - Boing Boing)

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