Helpful Resources:
1) National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
www.naeyc.com
- Founded in 1926 by Patty Smith Hill
- Located in Washington, DC
- NAEYC's Mission Statement is based on three main goals:
* Bettering well-qualified practitioners and improving their working conditions.
* Improving Early Childhood Education by working to deliver a high- quality system of supporting the programs.
* Encouraging the excellence in Early Childhood for all children.
2) Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
www.zerotothree.org
Zero to Three is a non-proffit organization; that informs, trains, and supports proffessionals, policymakers, and parents, in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers.
- Zero to Three's Mission Statement:
*Is to promote the health and development in infants an toddlers.
3) Highscope
www.highscope.org
Highscope assists teachers and caregivers promote and provide young children learning experiences that will encourage their development.
-Highscope's vision is to create an evironment which all educational settings use active participatory learning so everyone has a chance to succeed in life.
4) Pre[K]Now
www.preknow.org
PreKNow which is also known as "The Pew Center", helps each state deliver better results and achieve long-term fiscal health by investigating in programs that provide the strongest returns.
Three additional resources:
1) Janet Gonzalez-Mena
2) Mari Montessori
3) Howard Gardner
Three educational quotes:
1) An educational system isn't worth a great deal if it teaches young people how to make a living but doesn't teach them how to make a life. - Author Unknown (Retrieved from www.quotegarden.com, 2010)
2) Aim for success, not for perfection. Never give up your right to be wrong, because then you will loose the ability to learn new things and move forward with your life. Remember that fear always lurks beind perfectionism. - Dr. David M. Burns (Retrieved from 75 Inspirational, Educational Quotes for the Classroom, 2010) (www.accreditatedonlinecolleges.com)
3) We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but an habit. -Aristotle (Retrieved from www.theteacherspot.com, 2009)
Resources
www.naeyc.com
www.zertotothree.org
www.highscope.org
www.preknow.org
www.quotegarden.com (2010)
www.accreditatedonlinecolleges.com (2010)
www.theteacherspot.com (2009)
Hi Sherrell, When I read that one of your resources was Janet Gonzalez-Mena, I wasn't sure where I knew her name from. I see that she works, consults, and writes about infants and toddlers. I have attached a web bio of her that I found at: http://www.pitc.org
ReplyDeleteJanet Gonzalez-Mena, M.A.
Independent Consultant
Early Childhood Consultant
Janet Gonzalez-Mena is a writer, consultant in early childhood education, and former community college instructor with experience as an early childhood education practitioner.
Gonzalez-Mena is author of the PITC caregiver guide on Routines and several college textbooks on early childhood education. She co-authored two articles with Initisar Shareef, one about their experience of doing PITC training for Exchange magazine and one about cultural perspectives on discipline for the NAEYC journal Young Children.
Gonzalez-Mena obtained a Master in Arts Degree in human development from Pacific Oaks and did an internship under Magda Gerber at the Children’s Health Council in Palo Alto, California. More recently she has been studying the Pikler approach to infant toddler care and has visited the Pikler Institute in Budapest several times. Infants have been an important part of Janet’s life, having raised five children of her own and having studied the field of infant-toddler caregiving for the last thirty years.
Sherrell I enjoy coming onto your blog every week. You always have great information to share. I also chose NAEYC and Pre[K]know as my resources for this week. The headstart center where I work as a lead teacher currently do a blended program with Georgia Pre-K program. It is a great program for four year olds.
ReplyDeleteThank You Cassandra, for being a reputed blog reader :)
DeleteI don't know if it's just me or not, but I live and breath research on education. Anytime I find articles, books, conversations about education (primarily the younger ages) I also tune right in. NAEYC as nationally known has so much wonderful information, and the same with Pre{K}.
Sherrell,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the quotes you posted this week. I especially relate to the third one about excellence being a habit. I feel one of a teacher's greatest challenges is to convince each child can master anything they put their mind to. As we have learned in this class, some children come to school with very few successes and it's up to us to show them they have what it takes to be a life-long learner despite their circumstances. Thanks for the inspiration!
Laurie Parker
I love zerotothree.org. I think it's a great organization and when you work with infants and toddlers it is a great resource to have at your disposal. Thank you for sharing all your great resources.
ReplyDeleteI love the quotes that you posted this week. I noticed that I now have a passion for reading different quotes. I really love reading quotes about children. I plan to add more children related quotes to my blog in hopes that it will keep us all inspired.
ReplyDeleteHi. I was excited to find that you posted the Montessori approach as one of your three additional resources. Have you worked in a Montessori school? I find that I have a special connection to Montessori because the approach really does focus on the "whole" child and each other their own intricate likes and dislikes.
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