Sharing Web Resources

I had the opportunity to explore two website that have information for everyone that works in the early childhood field. As a prospective early childhood learning program founder I found it very helpful. The website that I chose to explore is Zero to Three and NAEYC. They are a great deal of help regarding the learning of how to better teach my students and how to improve my center. In the Zero to Three website I was able to find a section that provides information on this week’s topic of what’s new. They also had a section called Elsevier were we can read information about how the early childhood field is changing. It also has good reading for teachers teaching young children. The NAEYC website also had great information as well. It has information such as week of young children, social media guide for young children, and so forth.

After searching through both websites I found an area that caught my attention in Zero to Three webs that I have reading about overcoming barriers to provide early childhood metal health help. Social and emotional development is very important in children development skills. As an early childhood provider I need to understand the steps to take to better help the children overcome their challenge. They have information about state community that can help us understand what are they are planning to do to make the communities better for children and families. There are many greats reading materials for professionals working with children and families or in the administrative field as well.

The website added to my understanding as a professional in the early childhood field as a whole; however the information that I read from the web this week did not contain any extra information on barrier-awareness, accessibility, and responsive. Some of the information that were similar was the section of the public policy that have some reading regarding how to find help to better service the children and families throughout the community. One insight that I gained this week is that the issues and trends we are dealing with today are going to continue throughout a lifetime because we are going to have more immigrants coming into the country for a better opportunity for themselves and for a better education for the children. Overall both websites have great information and tools, to become a successful early childhood professional throughout our career in this field.

Getting to Know your International Contacts-Part 2

The Global fund for children website is a good resource for those professional that are interested in working with international children and families as well as other international organizations. As an early childhood professional and a graduate student it was helpful to learn about other countries that are having similar issues and trends in the early childhood education as well as children and families living in poverty. Their model is to get small amounts of money into the hands of innovative community leaders who are working with the world’s most vulnerable children and youth (The Global Fund for Children 2012). I was able to watch a documentary about Josephine Ndao, she is a Global Fund for Children’s program officer for West Africa. She was talking about her experience regarding her recent trip to Nigeria and Burkina Faso to visit current and prospective GFC grantee partners. One insight I gained from her podcast was that middle school age children are very sexual active. I know this is an issue that affects every country and every family with teenagers living in the household, but it is usually a factor with children that was exposed to sex at a young age. For example many children in Haiti are victims of sexual abuse from a member in their household or a close family friend. Another insight I gain is that women in Nigeria do not have any value. one of the girls in the video say that Nigeria men think that woman are good for sex only and for this reason most young girls start having sexual activity at a very early age. Watching the podcast makes me think about Haiti, the same thing is happing in Haiti where young girls are sexually activity with men that could be their father. Another insight I get from the website is that they want to make a difference in the children life. They want to help children get better education, they want children to move out of slavery, as well as they want children to have the opportunity to live in a better environment.

Center on the Developing Child Harvard university website is about learning the issues and trends matter in the early childhood education field. They have many articles that can enhance our knowledge as a professional in the early childhood education field such as working page articles, they are great to read and I had the opportunity read a few from my previous classes and I taught they were very good to read because it make you think out of the box. Most of the information from the Center on the Developing Child Harvard university website is about children and families from all over world. We get to learn about their life style as well as their culture, values, and many more.

It was nice to learn about fourth grades students from The Nueva School that want to make a difference by working together to help improve the issues and trends that are affecting children and families on a regular basis. Those are motivated to raise money to help GFC’s Catapult project. According to Global Fund for Children (2012), the group of children spends three days making handcrafted bookmark to sell and raise about $466 which help about 340 girls in India through education and life skills training. Overall I learn a lot by exploring both website and that a little bit of help does count.

Sharing Web Resources

For the past few weeks I have been exploring NAEYC website by reading different articles, information about program accreditation, and announcement about issues that early childhood professionals should be aware. For example this week I get to read about tips to help children cope with disasters and summer safety tips. As a professional that is working on opening a learning center for young children, I will need to know every bit of information on how to effectively teach the children and keep them safe. NAEYC website is going to help me stay knowledgeable in the early childhood field and help my learning center become one of the best early childhood development learning center in the country. My goal to help make a difference by helping young children learns as early as infancy age through kindergarten grade level.

  The website has many ideas and resources that can help goals to become a childcare provider. There are many resources that I use and learn from for example I was able to take a look under position statement on curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation. I was able to read the information. This information will be a great asset to my center because I can use this information to improve the way we teach the children. Another great resource the website has is the newsroom. I was able to read about the economy and how it is going to be for the field of early childhood. The president is putting the early childhood education first for funding. After reading the article I feel like there is hope for quality programs because most program that do not make the quality standard is because they do not have funding for materials, to hire a highly qualified teacher, or proved more resources for parents and children in critical needs.

NAEYC website is one of the effective website that provides professionals with solid information to better their career in the early childhood field as well as teach young children. The news insight I get this week is that early childhood is going to be more recognize by the government and they will work harder to provide the kind of resources the field need to continue servicing the children and their family. Overall I enjoy reading and learning about early childhood education field and how to better teach children and how to keep making a difference.

 

Getting to Know Your International Contacts

The childhood poverty research and policy center website gives me great insight on poverty in China. China is a country that I dream of visiting someday because it is a country that has a lot of culture and is well known globally. The first insight I gained from the website is that in 2001 five percent of the population lived below the national poverty line (CHIP, N.D.). I cannot imagine anyone living below the poverty line; it means that they can go days without eating. The second insight I gained is that poverty is due to far-reaching process of the economic and social transition. In the 1988 people that lived in the west was 3 times more likely to be poor and by 1998 they were 6 time more likely to be poor (CHIP, N.D.). In fact it seems that things did not get better for those who lived in the west. The third insight is that the Chinese people still continue to live in poverty. In fact, 4.2 million Chinese children are living in poverty and 8.7 million live in disadvantaged condition. Another insight I got is that the Chinese people value education and good health. They do not need to have a lot of money to make sure that their children have the best education or know how to read and write. For example CHIP, N.D. stated that about 85 percent of the population aged over 15 is literate. That tells me the Chinese family do not let poverty stop their children from learning, dreaming big, become an educator, or to be all they can be

. It tells me they are a fighter and achievers.

Reference:

CHIP (N.D). Childhood poverty research and policy center. Retrieved from http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/

Sharing Web Resources

The website I chose is Zero to Three: National Center for Infant, Toddlers, and Families. It can be found at http://www.zerotothree.org. Zero to Three is a nonprofit organization that focuses on helping professionals and parents understanding the well-being of the children. Their mission statement is to promote healthy development of infants and toddlers through adulthood. My goal as a professional it to stay knowledgeable on the issues and trends that affected the early childhood education field, therefore I found Zero to Three to be one of the best website that will work for me because they have information about behavior and development. The site is a place where I can read about why play is important in a child’s life as well as read about early childhood mental health and the steps parents take to help their child build a positive social life style. There are so many great benefits to this website that can help me stay inform in the relevant issues.

 Another website that caught my interest is The National Association for the Education of Young Children. It can be found at http://wwwnaeyc.org. This website is for one of the largest organization that works collaboratively with other early childhood organizations to provide children with a solid foundation academically through adulthood. They have great resources for teachers, early childhood providers, and parents to help keep children safe and healthy through adulthood. Some of the things that can be found on this website are articles about issues that affect the way children are learning or the early childhood professionals, we can learn about steps to take when pursuing accreditation for a learning center, attending conference to stay knowledgeable on the issues that may affected us as early childhood professionals.

One current issue and trend from the Zero to Three website is about children that are facing maltreatment on a daily basis. According to Zero to Three (2012) “Children from birth to three continue to be the age group most likely to be maltreated.¹ Most of these maltreated babies are under age one, and more than 1/3 were harmed during their first week of life. In addition to the negative and sometimes lasting impact on development, health, and mental health, child abuse costs this country a conservatively estimated $103.8 billion each year” (para.1). The goal here is to keep working on creating a better environment for those children that are born in an abusive environment by providing parents and caregivers the necessary tools for a better outcome.

Each of the websites that I chose have a different focus, but both have similar goals is to help individuals that have a passion to help young children as an extraordinary educator by providing those professionals tools to help them accomplish their goals.

References:

http://www.naeyc.org/

http://www.zerotothree.org/maltreatment/child-abuse-neglect/reports-highlight-impact-of.html

Establishing Professional Contacts and Expanding Resources

I did not know it was going to be so hard to establish some type of professional contact with overseas individuals in the early childhood education field. My goal was to get in contact with someone in Haiti because I want to share my knowledge and experience to see if I can help make a difference on how children are learning as an individual. Unfortunately I was unable to connect with anyone therefore I have chosen the alternative to complete part 1 assignment.  As far as choosing a website for the part 2 of the assignment, it was challenging because there are so many websites to choose from and I feel like I can learn from every single professional websites. I am looking forward to enhancing my knowledge on issues and trends in the early childhood education field as well as learn how to apply what I learn to my career. With that said I ended up choosing Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families can be found on http://www.zerotothree.org and The National Association for the Education of Young Children can be found at http://www.naeyc.org. I am also looking to learn everything I can about issues and trends.  

My Supports

I was brought up in a lovely family. We are always there for each other no matter what the saturation. We support each other in our dream as individuals. That said, I have not looked into the factor of my daily environment because I believe that I have a great environment with wonderful friends and families to share my life. Right now my world is about working hard on my dream of having my early learning center where I can provide excellent services to students and their parents, as well as finishing up my education. My environment is allowing me to focus on my dream to build a solid career where I can make a difference in a child’s life by helping them to be all they can be. Having a great support system can be beneficial to help keep us on track, focus on the important things, etc. If I did not have my supporting system around, I do not know how my life would be because my friends and my family make me the person that I am today.

For this reason I want to keep adding to that positive relationship that I have with my friends and family. They play a big part in my life by guiding me for a brighter future. In fact children need programs that are going to provide them with the necessary help for a positive outcome. By providing services that will allow them to be successful individuals they would be able to do the same someday. My surrounding allows me to care about others and want to make a different because I have such a great surrounding to guide me to a better individual. The main factor  in early childhood inclusion education is that children with disability that do not have proper childcare center to go without going through the state for help. Many private child care centers like to accept a regular education child over a special needs child. For this reason, inclusion in the early childhood plays a big part of putting the regular education and special education children together as a whole so that everyone can get a great education for a better future.

Overall supporting each other is a great thing to do in the early childhood field because many parents needs the collaboration with the early childhood professionals to access information to better help their children of need. The supporting system would impact my life or another in such a way that we will get to work as a team to build a foundation for success as professionals in the early childhood field to better service children and families.