Blog #10 Kste

I like the dicussion about Families with young children. It was interesting about the part of playing and teaching. I think it is very interesting when children are playing because they play with such an imagination that I think you kind of lose as you get older. They sometimes act like moms, princesses, or farmers which can generally happen in real life. But they also sometimes act like animals, cars, or superheros. The have that sense of doing whatever they want and being whatever they want. I also thought the part about teaching was very interesting. I think children do typically learn by doing. For example I was babysiting one day and I told the little girl to not touch the burner on the stove as I cooked the macaroni. I left to go help another one of the children get a toy. I went back to the kitchen to see the little girl holding her fingers. I asked her if she touched the pan and she said no. I asked her again and told her I wouldn't get mad. She said yes and then I took her to the bathroom to run cold water over it. It shows that she really didn't know that it would hurt until she tried it herself.