Jumping off a tower….that is the very first memory of play I
have. Me and my friends built a giant mound of sand and then we would climb to the
top of a tower on the playground. We would then jump off of the tower into the
pile of sand. I remember how scared I was when I had all my friends egging me on
to jump. Of course I had to please my little kindergarten friends; so I jumped.
When my friend saw that I had no broken bones they all followed and we all
continuously jumped from the tower into a giant pile of sand. Darell Hammond (author
of KABOOM!) says moments of play like these are crucial to a child’s
development. I would have to agree, after all why would I have remembered such
a memory if it didn't have some important meaning behind it. These moments of
play were crucial to my development, teaching me to be courageous and to take
risks.
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