It though Tuesdays class was great. I have a lot of younger cousins that I babysit a lot. It was interesting to apply what I learned that day to what I already had observed. You would think playing was just playing and there was nothing more to it. But play actually means a lot of things. Play is the biggest form of communication for small children. After we discussed this, it made a lot of sense. Most kids can not communicate emotions, feelings, or just have a hard time getting through to what they ware trying to say. Play is the easiest way to let someone know how they feel. They may not do this intentionally but this is how it works out. I find this is true a lot with my little girl cousins. We play barbies a lot, it seems that whatever is on their little minds for the day, is the subject of the day. If they are mad they don't get to go to the zoo, that is what is happening in barbie land too. Another thing I though was really interesting was that shoes are the most common dress up accessory. I guess this is not so surprising since they are so accessible and large shoes relate to large people. This is really neat to think of the symbol that is being created of "growing into someones shoes" and wanting to be just like them. It made me think of the the play/dress up shoes I had and how much I like to wear them and why. Tuesdays class was very fun and interesting to me, I really enjoy applying what I learn in class outside the classroom every day.