Gracie's Play According To Developmentally Appropriate Practice

It has been a pleasure to watch and learn about Gracie and children of her age during the short period of Summer Enrichment. She is always very caring when it comes to playing with the other children and helping them out. Being involved with others or allowing others to join her in her play is something that she demonstrated daily. While playing with the stuffed animals or baby dolls she was like a little mother hen to make sure that they would not get hurt through the play. She is very brave when it comes to entering the play of other children. She would just walk up and begin playing with a group of children if she thought what they were doing was interesting. The group could have been with children that were closer to her age or even the older seven or eight year olds. I learned from the booklet that I sent home that picking up her toys was something

121, 2009). This is something that Gracie was very strong in. She was always involving herself in dramatic play with herself or with others. When it was with other she always followed what the “leader” of that group said. If it was something that she began, then she would always assign the children someone or something to be. It is also said that “preschool children generally value their friendships” (Copple, Bredekamp p. 121, 2009). This is something that I see was important to Gracie. If she thought, she upset or hurt someone’s feelings she always tried to help them feel better. This could be within her play or just if someone has upset in the room where she was playing. From the booklet, I learned that caring was something that was a family value and that was very evident within her