Blog One EDRG 3321

Chapter One

Literature is extremely valuable for children. It entices, motivates, and instructs. Literature opens doors to discovery and provides endless hours of adventures and enjoyment. On top of bringing joy to a child literature plays a stong role in helping a child understand and value their cultural heritage. Literature aids in developing emotional intelligence. It also promotes child development. Children learn in stages which are language development, cognitive development, personality development, and social development. Literature helps in the development of three. Personality development is the sum total of behaviors, attitudes, beliefs, and values that are charcterisctic of an individual.

In my opinion a value is a belief or philosophy that and individual or a society believe to be of great importance. To me religious faith is of the highest importance. I feel this was because I feel that when you walk hand and hand with God you can handle anything that comes your way through him. I believe that it is important to know what he expects of us in order for us to be the kind of person worthy of his love. Do we make mistakes? Of course but we are offered forgiveness. I believe it is important that as a parent you instill into your children that same faith. I also feel that when you believe in something greater then yourself or this life you will in turn live a more meaningful life. You will be content or I should say happy with what you have been given. I also feel that if you have religious faith then values like morality, honesty, love, and family come along with that. I see it as to have morality you have to believe in something greater and for me that is God. For love you have to exhibit that same unselfish love that God showed us when he sacrificed his only son. I learned this from my family, my church, and myself. As a child my mother and father took us to church as often as they could. And I learned some but didn't retain much. When I was a senior in high school I got I guess what you could call an aching to know more, so I went to church by myself. Then when I met my husband I began to go more and more. I believe we have a strong relationship because of our faith. Can I teach this value? I do not think I can teach this value as much as share my beliefs. I can not tell them that they need to or should believe in what I believe. At the age that I want to teach the child should be learning this from their parents. I would not want to impose on what they are teaching them if they are of a different faith. If the school allowed we could study holidays like Christmas and Easter. Religious faith is something that a person comes into not something they are taught. So no you do not teach religious faith.