Continue to Strive Towards your Goals and Dreams

Thank you all for coming to visit this blog over the past eight weeks.  My wish for you the reader is that you continue to strive towards your goals and dreams.  Continue to stay up to date and research the early childhood field.  Share that knowledge and your passion for the field. 

Carlos - Thank you for your feedback and discussions over the past eight weeks. May you continue to learn, advocate and share your knowledge.  My hope for you is that you continue on your path to your Master's degree. http://raynard02.blogspot.com/

Regina - A quote from your blog - May you continue to stumble, rise and soar.  I can really relate to this quote during my career and educational path in the early childhood field.  Thank you for discussion posts over the past eights and I hope you continue to soar.    http://tiny2giantsteps.wordpress.com/

Codes of Ethics

I chose these three ideals from the NAEYC's Code of Ethical Conduct and Statement of Commitment.   These three are important for me because I feel that they will help guide early childhood educators in running successful early childhood programs.  In order to provide quality services we need to ensure that we are looking at all aspects of who will interact with that child.  We need to be able to work with each child without any glasses on.  The families are an important piece when working with children that I feel some programs lack.  We also need to ensure that we are sharing resources whether it is partnering with another classroom, a community partner like a child care facility or your local school district.  If you work to have your program obtain these ideals you will run a successful early childhood program.  What is one of your ideals you like?

 

I-1.3 - To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities and the potential of each child. 

 

I - 2.4 - To listen to families, acknowledge and build upon their strengths and competencies, and learn from families as we support them in their task of nurturing children. 

 

I -3A.2 - To share resources with co-workers, collaborating to ensure that the best possible early childhood care and education program is provided. 

 

http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf

Early Childhood Resources

There are many different resources available to us in the Early Childhood field.  I have added a new section to the right of just a few of the resources that I have found helpful during my work.  Check back often as I will continue to add to the list. 

These are three additional resources that I use in my daily work:

• http://www.bestbeginningsalaska.org/ - Has some GREAT resources for families (and teachers too).  Includes early learning guidelines, early learning guideline activities and activities for childrens book (see tab imaginiation library).
• http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc - This is the Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center from the Office of Head Start.  It has been tools for early childhood programs.  There are also six National Centers that you can access from their website (see tab Training and Technical Assistance). 
• http://www.sesamestreet.org/parents/topicsandactivities/toolkits - Great tool kits for parents on many different topics.  My current program that I work for has used the toolkits to hold parent education nights on different topics.  The materials also are very child friendly. 

If you have more resources that you think I should add to my list please leave a comment with the link and I will check it out.