Many examples come from animism. A child was playing in the kitchen believing the food was real. Another example is the little girl who put on a tail and pretended to be an animal. An illustration of centering is when a boy was playing with a melon. Another kid sees it looks fun and tries to steal it. The child doesn't realize that his actions are rude, he just wants to have fun too. Another example of centering is the way children speak. The use of many possessive pronouns like, mine, my, my, I. An example of static reasoning was when the preschool ran out of blocks and a teacher had to go get more. Meanwhile, a child was upset because he wanted to play with blocks. A teacher explained to him what was happening and that there would be more blockages in a few minutes. The child could not handle the situation and remained upset until the blockages