Jada displayed high levels of activity during each observation, often doing cartwheels and other gymnastics moves in her living room. She is very flexible and demonstrates a high muscular capacity. Jada is able to do headstands without any support and do other exercises without any difficulty. During opportunities of unstructured, solo free play Jada chooses to move around and be active. Above all else, however, Jada wishes to show off her athletic skills to her family members. Moreover, Jada demonstrates an increase in risk-taking. At the park Jada likes to climb on the jungle gym, particularly on the monkey bars and the pull-up bars. Much to her mother’s disapproval, Jada likes to hang upside down, climb on top of the bars, and move quickly throughout the playground. She rejects all assistance for helping her move across difficult or unfamiliar situations, instead she navigates them on her own. Indeed Jada reflects high levels of coordination through her athletic achievements. …show more content…
Jada has been involved in ballet since age four, and for the last three years she has been in the Santa Cruz Ballet’s production of Nutcracker. Some of Jada’s old ballet skills, such as staying still for long periods of time and performing moves on cue, require less effort to perform them than before. Similarly, Jada writes with ease, focusing on content of her stories rather than the formations of the letters. Throughout the past few months, Jada has shown an increase in spelling precision, seldom making errors of known words and retaining the knowledge of how to spell unknown words at higher rates. This automization allows for her to learn new skills using her old ones as a foundation (Berger,
Looking at her large and small muscle development, I believe that seeing if she can balance herself, kick, climb, cut with
After asking older kids to perform the actions, they asked pre-pubescent girls to perform the same actions. These girls ran like themselves with full speed and energy, and threw wild punches, and extended their arms well when it came to throwing a ball. They did not follow the stereotypes, and how women are assumed to be and they performed the activities like themselves to the best of their abilities, and had good self belief. These amazing actions performed by younger girls, awakens the audience on how younger girls perceive like a girl, and that they are strong. This is an inspiration for girls to be like them and not the older crowd.
In the book The Running Dream by Wendelin van Draanen we follow Jessica, a teenage track star, with a newly amputated leg. The novel opens in the hospital, where Jessica feels despairingly and unable in a tragic point of her life. She feels a tad bit better after managing to get herself upstairs and take a shower by herself, one of many difficulties she’ll have to get over. When she returns to school, in her math class she has to sit in the back of the classroom at a table with a girl named Rosa, a math whiz with cerebral palsy. Rosa and Jessica prove to make great friends, and when given the option Jessica doesn’t want to move back to a normal seat. As a great track runner, it’s hard for her to watch her team compete or practice while she
Conquering the hearts of their fans, women have batted away the stereotypes that obstructed their route to success. From the stadium, a girl named Jaide Bucher, that proudly swings the bat can be easily perceived and differentiated between her teammates. Jaide has a special talent that makes her unique and that goes way beyond the rules society invented, stating that sports were made exclusively for men. She has proven many people wrong by demonstrating to them the internal strength women have woven within her veins. Jaide was born without part of her right arm; however that didn’t impede her from pursuing her dreams and inspiring people with her strong sense of confidence. She has shown the world that women should be more prominent, defying the opinions that once defined them, evading physical disabilities and growing in a field that was once dominated by
Moore has been a hard worker ever since she was little. She knew at a young age that her abilities were far more superior to her classmates. She might not have been taller than them but she knew for a fact that her hand eye coordination and agility were better than theirs, so she decided to capitalize on these aspects of her game. Since Moore knew what she was better at she used her key aspects towards her advantage at sports, and one certain sport she put them to use was
Zac displays enthusiasm for participating in physical play and continues to challenge himself each day. (Outcome 3: Children have a strong sense of wellbeing). This shows Zac’s sense of security and confidence in himself and his environment. Zac displays determination and will revisit experiences many times over to master the skill.
Olive has exemplary biological development. She is physically independent, and can run, jump, and balance well, shown through dance (Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman, 2010). Olive actively engages in play but also refines her motor skills by pushing a tire around. Olive has a plethora of dolls and toys in her room, and also has a variety of dress-up items, showcasing her strength in play. She is very independent emotionally, not reacting negatively to the criticisms of the audience during her routine (Zastrow and Kirst-Ashman, 2010). Olive is also self-sufficient. Olive’s social skills are becoming more profound as she orders her own meals at restaurants.
Emily Elizabeth Anderson is a 10-year-old fourth-grader. She attends Rush Creek Elementary School in Maple Grove, Minnesota. Emily has lived in Maple Grove since her family moved from Bloomington, Minnesota when she was only seven years old. She had a tough time adjusting to her new school, until she met her best friend Abbie. Abbie was the only classmate of Emily’s to reach out and be a caring and loving friend. Emily’s mom, Nancy, is the secretary at Rush Creek, so she is guaranteed to know every teacher that Emily will have. Growing up, Nancy was an all-star gymnast who never got the chance to compete in college due to a knee injury. Ever since her gymnast career ended, she promised herself to push her only daughter to her fullest potential as a gymnast. She had hoped that Emily might
Jaspreana Tobias, a young girl born in the vibrant city of New Orleans, Louisiana, was a child who had grew up around music and rhythm and soul. Born to a family where the last person who was not from New Orleans was born two generations ahead of her, one could assume the rhythm was in her blood. Since she was little and could feel the music, the young Louisianan danced and did so with passion. Though her family loves music and all its counterparts, Jaspreana is the only dancer in the Tobias family tree. In high school, Jaspreana, a determined dancer, tried out for her school’s dance team. Unfortunately she did not make the cut. As any young woman would be, she was disappointed in herself; heart-broken actually. In her mind, she had a great chance at making the team, due to her skillful footwork and elegant grace as a dancer. In her own words, the result of her not making the team was “devastating” as it shook her confidence to the core. On that day, Jaspreana swore she would never try out for another dance team ever again. After months and months of sulking and great disappointment, her love and passion for the art of dancing returned. Not only had it returned, it returned with a new fire which burned deep in her soul. Dancing was her passion and being a professional dancer had been her dream since she could ever even two step to the sound of a simple beat. Jaspreana practiced and practiced. She would dance and think about dancing from the break of dawn until dusk. Finally
According to (Mc Coy) family is very important in the African American community. Without a family bond, this community would have struggled to make it through trying times such as the violence and exploitation of racism throughout this country’ history’’
The purpose of this assignment was to objectively describe the physical appearance and behavior of my focus child so that the reader has a clear picture of what I observed. From my observations I learned that Sloane has a variety of physical capabilities. She
Part 1: Identifying Children’s Unique Characteristics and Needs (CEC 1.2; NAEYC 1a) Physical Development: According to Lightfoot, Cole, and Cole (2013), a child’s physical development is seen when “size and strength increase significantly…motor development shows marked improvement as children perfect the skills needed for running, throwing, catching, and turning somersaults” (p.390-391). It is also said, “girls often excel in fine motor skills, such as drawing and writing, or in gross motor skills that combine balance and foot movement” (Lightfoot, Cole, and Cole, 2013, p.396). As seen in the video, Jamie is the one that is writing down the answers to the questions that her and her group came up with.
The varieties of jazz dance reflect the diversity of American culture. Jazz dance mirrors the social history of the American people, reflecting ethnic influences, historic events, and cultural changes. Jazz dance has been greatly influenced by social dance and popular music. But, like so much that is “from America”, the history of jazz dance begins somewhere else.
I attended DancePlus show On Friday December 2, 2011 at 7:30pm at night. It was performed in the Victoria K. Mastrobounno Theater in New Brunswick, New Jersey. There were four different parts that I saw that day. All of the dances were very interesting and very different from each other. All of the dances had its own unique key factor that separated it from each other. I enjoyed the entire show very well. Out of all the dances I had strong reaction to “Lapa’s Lament”. I believe this specific dance stood out to me compared to the other dances from the show. This show had many different factors that stood out from other shows in the entire performance.
A series of set of movements to music, either alone or with a partner. That is the definition of dancing. Dancing is a way to express one's feeling and to get active.