Simulation Reflection

For my simulation I decided to take a look at how children use play to learn. I wanted to learn about not just why we play with our students and have them play in order to learn but also how it effects all areas of their development. I have found that the most helpful things so far have been the charts in helping me to organize the information that I am looking for, but also to organize my thoughts and keep me on track. It can be so easy to get side tracked reading different articles, even if it has nothing to do with my topic. I seem to get sucked in. So keeping my research goals in front of me it really seems to help. I also find that it takes me a LONG time to read through any articles that I am looking at. I think that much like everything else; practice makes perfect, and I will get better at getting through the information the more I do it. However, it still can seem to be a tedious process for me at this point.