Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Resources

  • National Association for the Education of Young Children
    http://www.naeyc.org/

  • The Division for Early Childhood
    http://www.dec-sped.org/

  • Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
    http://www.zerotothree.org/

  • WESTED
    http://www.wested.org/cs/we/print/docs/we/home.htm

  • Harvard Education Letter
    http://www.hepg.org/hel/topic/85

  • FPG Child Development Institute
    http://www.fpg.unc.edu/main/about.cfm

  • Administration for Children and Families Headstart’s National Research Conference
    http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

  • HighScope
    http://www.highscope.org/

  • Children’s Defense Fund
    http://www.childrensdefense.org/

  • Center for Child Care Workforce
    http://www.ccw.org/

  • Council for Exceptional Children
    http://www.cec.sped.org//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home

  • Institute for Women’s Policy Research
    http://www.iwpr.org/index.cfm

  • National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education
    http://www.ncrece.org/wordpress/

  • National Child Care Association
    http://www.nccanet.org/

  • National Institute for Early Education Research
    http://nieer.org/

  • Pre[K]Now
    http://www.preknow.org/

  • Voices for America’s Children
    http://www.voices.org/

  • The Erikson Institute
    http://www.erikson.edu/




  • Three Additional Resources:

    www.preschoolprintables.com

    www.everythingpreschool.com

    www.2care2teach4kids.com

    Saturday, March 24, 2012

    Words of Inspiration and Motivation

    "Passion to make all children work hard in environments and ways that nurture their ability to grow and develop to the fullest of their ability"

    By: Louise Derman- Sparks



    "It is not all about you need to take your ego out of it and think what is best for this child, and you care enough about them to help them transition to what comes next, in their life and what is best for them"

    By: Renatta M. Cooper


    "We need to take a less narrow look at our children problem's, and instead see them as windows of opportunities a way of exploring and understanding all facets of our children's development. If we can understand the underlying developmental process, we can see a child's struggles as signs of striving towards growth instead of chronic problems or attempts to aggravate adults"

    By: Stanley Greenspan, M.D



    "Each of us must come to care about everyone else's children We must recognize that the welfare of our children is intimately linked to the welfare of all other people's children. Atfer all, when one of  our children needs life-saving surgery, someone else's child will perform it. If one of our children is harmed by violence, someone else's child will be responsible for the violent act. The good life for our own children can be secured only if a good life is also secured for all other people's children"

    By: Lilian Katz

    Saturday, March 17, 2012

    Personal Childhood Web

    My Granpa Smitty
    My grandfather who lived so far away was there to give me the care and love I needed especially when he would come to visit. We always talked on the phone alot when i was growing up. He always a special place in my heart. He was the one who always took me and my siblings out on a fish outing day, or to the county fair it was always fun to do things with him.


    My Grandma Castle

    My grandmother was a person who always loved to cook and to be able to do fun activities with the whole family at least once a month. She was always loving, caring, and would sit and read bedtime stories to each and every night that we stayed at her house. My grandmother was always the one to say you need to get your education, so you can better yourself. My grandmother taught in the public schools and she always help out by serving lunches to all of the children.


    My Grandma Sarah
    My grandma is the one i would go and spend most of my summer with she lived in pennsylvania. I would go and help tend to a garden that was way up on top of the hill, ride horses, and most of all it was fun to go to the county fair at the fire hall. My grandma was one that cared a lot for me and my siblings she would come to Ohio and stay to help my mom out. We was very lucky to have the grandparents we had they were very loving, caring and wanted what was best for our learning. When she would call the first thing she asked was how is school going. I really miss having her around and in my life. I just wish that there was a phone in heaven because I would call her and tell her about my college career she would be so proud that i went on to college.
    



    My Father and Mother

    I cannot say enough about how they have care for me over the years. My mom was always there when I needed a lending hand. She would ask daily how was school and what did I learn today. My mom was a person who did not show a lot of love affection, but I knew deep down in her heart she cared about my well-being, and wanted what was best for me in my education. My dad was a hard working person he would work two jobs on a daily basis. When he came home he always had time to spend with the family. He was the one who was always on the floor playing with us. He would take us on long trips for a fun outing. I remember going to storybook forest as a family outing. My dad is a person who will go out of his way to make sure his family and grandchildren have what is best for them. Now that he is getting older it is very hard for him to let his kids take care of him. When my dad gives you a birthday card it always has a poem that he wrote from his heart and they usually make you cry. I love my mom and my dad with all of my heart. They have been the ones to push me to get me the education I need. When I graduated in January they had a surprise party on me for all of my hard work. I hope to be the person my parents are loving, caring, and very suppotive of their children.

    Saturday, March 10, 2012

    Child's Drawing





    This is a drawing of one of my children in my classroom.
     This picture really inspired me, because the children was
    talking about the earth. He put a lot of detail in his picture,
    and a couple of months ago you could not even get him to
    sit and draw a picture.

    My Photo

    Picture with a new camera.

    Thursday, March 8, 2012

    Children's Book









    One of my favorite children's book is "Brown Bear, Brown Bear What do You See"  This is one of my favorite books to read to my children at work, and at home. The book has some rhymimg words, and it is a book that you could let the children engage in reading some of the words. It is the same phrase just with different animals. I have made flannel pieces and let the children engage putting the different pieces on the flannel board when we get to that part in the book. This book is good for the children learning rhyming words, colors, and recognizing the different animals as well. When i put this book out on the shelf for the children to explore they will usually retell the story using the flannel pieces.

    Children's Quote

    Children's Quote

    "The most important thing that parents can teach their children is how to get along without them"

                                                                                                                  Frank Clark