How Play Influenced My Life

I have many recollections of play from my younger years. I am going to focus on how play influenced my personal development; including social, emotional, physical, and cognitive skills. Looking back at my life I have realized that the play I took part in has made me the person I am today. Without experiencing play in several different ways I would have not developed they way I did. Play is an extremely important part of my life. I remember playing all the time when I was a child. I recall most playing with my favorite blue’s clues stuffed animal, making forts with my siblings, being involved with soccer and basketball, riding bikes, playing hide and seek, the list could keep on going. One memory that is very distinct to me is when I was outside playing on my tike bike while my mom was cleaning our garage. I did not know how to ride a bike very well, but I was getting better and better at it each time I rode. I decided to go down our driveway on this bike into our cul-de-sac. I ended up falling face first, cutting my chin open on the concrete. My mom had to take me to the …show more content…
We would play basketball out on our driveway and play hide and seek with all of our neighborhood friends. Summer nights I remember staying out until it was dark playing hide and seek with family and friends. These are some of my most precious moments I have when I was a child, running around the neighborhood with my siblings and friends laughing and having a good time. One day my older brother and I were playing a basketball game with some friends and he threw a ball at my face and I ran inside crying. Having an older brother caused me to be tough and competitive, but I also gained physical skills from playing basketball with him and social skills communicating with friends we would play with. I grew up playing basketball with my family, which caused me to start playing on a YMCA team at a young