Prepetual Motion: A Curious Baby

For my blog, I read Prepetual Motion: A Curious Baby. This essay consisted of a mother, author Anne Lamott, journaling about her son Sam and his growth. Throughout the essay, Lamott talked about how much Sam had grown and the different things that he was doing at the time. For example, she talked about when he began sitting up on his own, crawling on his own, occupying himself while playing in the play pen, climbing stairs, remembering places, and dancing. Not only did Lamott talk about Sam's new developments, but she also talked about how she felt as a mother.
Reading this essay reminded me of myself watching my own child grow. It is crazy how fast they grow and how quickly you forget how your child was when they were born. When Lamott talked about when Sam first had incounters with the bathroom, she said that he was simply amazed. Later, she said that he automatically knew what the bathroom was at that he liked the bath tub. To me, this is proof that he had clearly had a schema for bathroom/bathtub and that he liked it, so every time he saw it, after reviewing his file card on bathroom/bathtub, he remembered that he liked it. This is a very early example of how schema is used throughout the developmental stages. When I become a teacher, I hope to use examples like this to understand schema and personal cognitive growth to incorporate in my classroom. I want to take into consideration how children learn and understand things at the particular stage that they are in. I also want to present things to them in a way for them to understand and remember the information that I am giving them.