My Personal Research Journal

I have chosen to look more into play and how it is important to children's social, emotional, and cognitive development. Play also is important when it comes to children's health and learning within the classroom. I think this is a very important topic because I believe parents, policy makers and others are not realizing how play is a huge part in children's development and its like play is pretty much disappearing from the classroom and curriculum.

This topic is meaningful to me because I watch my little cousins and my niece and nephew as they dread going to school in the morning times. They say, "school is boring because all we do is sit all day at our desk." Teachers worry so much about teaching the test that they are forgetting about children needing a break to get up and move around because they are not going to retain much information when they are stressed and tired from sitting all day and being lectured. Children learn so much by exploring and discovering their surroundings and by interacting with other children. This is an important time for children to build bonds and friendships.

I think so far, I have learned some valuable information about research and the set up of research. I have found out how important it is to take the time and make sure each research article is creditable because just because it is online it doesn't make it a liable site. Research is a timely process and it worries me about having the time to conduct research and put the information in correct in the paper. The information we have read so far will hopefully lead me in the right direction and help me to successful set up my paper correctly.

Does anyone know of any sites that provides information about play and development or does anyone like to share their thoughts and opinions and play and development?