Early Childhood Resources

Hello All,

As an early childhood professional, I have put together a list of resources that I have found to be very helpful to me through out my early childhood career. The resources listed were apart of our learning resources for week 5. I have found helpful information from these resources and I hope that people read my blog, these resources will be of help to them as well. Enjoy and have a great week!

Early Childhood 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/

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

Early Childhood Journals:

YC Young Children

Childhood

Journal of Child & Family Studies

Additional Resources:

http://www.highscope.org/ : The preschool I work at uses the High Scope Curriculum and this website gives tons of information about young children and the best practices to use to help them be successful.

If you live in the Tennessee area here are some helpful resources and organizations that support the young child, families, and early childhood professionals.

Tennessee Association for the Education of Young Children- http://www.taeyc.org/

Southern Early Childhood Association- http://www.southernearlychild.org/

Quotes from this week's learning resources

"We need bold federal leadership focused on the failure of the early care and education delivery system to support the well-being of practitioners with a living wage and critical benefits, and to provide comparability in salaries among members of the birth to five and K-3 workforce with equivalent education. "

 Marcy Whitebook - April 26, 2010

A family's responses to crisis or to a new situation mirror those of a child. That is to say, the way a small child deals with a new challenge (for instance, learning to walk) has certain predictable stages: regression, anxiety, mastery, new energy, growth, and feedback for future achievement. These stages can also be seen in adults coping with new life events, whether positive or negative.

T. Berry Brazelton

My Personal Childhood Web

Hello everyone, this is week 3 of my master's program and so far so good. This week we were dealing with family systems theories, Brofenbrenner's theory, and Mahaley an eight year old girl who is supported by caring individual from different levels in her environment. With that being said, my blog for this week will focus on the people in my life that supported me and helped me.

Rosie: A warm and caring person that is so encouraging and supportive. She is my mother. She passed away when I was 22 years old, but she always encouraged us to follow are dreams and work hard.

Lena: Another warm and caring person who told me to dream big and that I can do anything if I stayed focus. She is my grandmother.

Latasha H: She a determined and resilient person who motivates me to challenge myself to work hard. She is my childhood friend.

L. Katherine: helped me to stay motivated and focus through her comments on how proud of me she was as I juggled taking care of children and home, work, and school. She is my children's aunt and my friend.

With supportive people like these in my life, success is bound to come.

Education = Opportunities

About two weeks ago, I applied for a job with the State of Tennessee, as a child care program evaluator in other words a licening counselor. I have been looking at this position for a couple of years now, but could never really apply for it because I didnt' have my bachelors yet. Well now I do and I have applied for the position. I have checked my status and I have passed all requirements and have been placed on the list for eligible list of candidates. Oh, how happy I am that I can possibly have the opportunity to come out of the classroom and work in another area of early childhood. Though, I haven't recieved the job, I just have this gut feeling that I will be selected for an interview. I am just excited about the many opportunities that become available as I continue to further my degree. Whether I get the job or not I am still proud and excited about my decision to keep on learning and achieving my goals.