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Blog Assignment Week 5

Resource Information

Websites:

• 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/

Journals and Articles

YC Young Children

• Childhood
• Journal of Child & Family Studies
• Child Study Journal
• Multicultural Education
• Early Childhood Education Journal
• Journal of Early Childhood Research
• International Journal of Early Childhood
• Early Childhood Research Quarterly
• Developmental Psychology
• Social Studies
• Maternal & Child Health Journal
• International Journal of Early Years Education

Three additional resources:

1. Division of Child Development's

ncchildcare.dhhs.state.nc.us/

       2.  Child Care WAGE$® Project- North Carolina - Child Care Services .

www.childcareservices.org/ps/wage.html

3. Everything Preschool Lesson Plans

www.everythingpreschool.com/lessonplans/

Words of Inspiration

This week in our discussion board I discussed Susan Bredakamp and Hillary Clinton.  In week two I enjoyed reading about Louise Derman-Sparks.  Susan is a person that I have folllowed throughout my educational career (Dorothy S. Strickland, Lesley Mandel Morrow.  Retrieved: July 21,2011).  I often read about her when she is discussing classroom management and NAEYC.  One thing that I really liked that Susan said was that when it comes to teaching children how to read it is best to keep it simple.  She said that having short and meaningful meetings with the children were better than long settings where they often lost sight of what was going on.

Hillary Clinton I have admired for awhile.  She has worked on encorporating healthcare into the education field.  She feels that when a child is healthy they can learn better("It Takes A Village To Raise A Child".  Retrieved: July 21, 2011).  She also has used the quote that"It takes a village to raise a child", which is one of my favorites.  By making sure that the child is whole inside and out the child has a better opportunity to succeed.

Louise Derman-Sparks(“The Passion for Early Childhood".  Retrieved: July 21, 2011) is a professor that we discussed in week two's assignment.  She talked about how as a girl she didn't play dolls she played school.  I was the same way.  I had a huge chalkboard in my room and would line my dolls us to teach. 

All 3 of these women were inspirational to me because they use the entire world to help educate our children.  They use parents, teachers, doctors, community workers, and anyone else that might be involved in the child's life to help the child become successful and I love it.


References:

Beginning reading and writing By Dorothy S. Strickland, Lesley Mandel Morrow

 

Hillary Clinton's Speech On -- "It Takes A Village To Raise A Child"

        www.happinessonline.org/LoveAndHelpChildren/p12.htm

Video Program: “The Passion for Early Childhood”.  Retrieved: July 21, 2011.

Personal Childhood Web

DeWana Smith

                                 Alethia Burnette(Mom)                                Helen Burnette(Grand mom)

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                                Brenda Johnson( Alethia's Sister)                   Argie Burnette(Alethia's Brother)

-My mom was a single mom and in that day she was treated badly because of having a child out of wedlock.  Her mother and other family members helped her care for me and they cared for her in a society that was not looking at either one of us in a kind light.

-My grand mom was the rock of our family.  She took care of everyone that entered in and never looked down on anyone.  She was the one that gave me my spiritual background and encouraged my family involvement.

-My aunt was truly a traditional woman, in the sense that she tried to things the right way.  She married and had her first child and we were raised as brother and sister.  She also taught me about church and how to treat other people. 

-My uncle was not that much older than me but he was the one that taught me about my African American history.  He taught me how to swim, drive, and even gave me a job.  He was the only one that had attended college and he made me think that college was not a choice.

Each person listed above made me think I was special because they cared for me in different ways.  They were tough on me when I needed it but showed me love and respect at the same time.  I was not treated differently in anyway and I always thought that I belonged.

Since I had such a strong family support system, I feel compelled to pass that on to others including my children.  I know that there are children that do not have the same support that I have and I want them to know that there is someone who cares.  My family introduced me to love, caring, and respect that can never be taken away.

I do not have pictures to upload but I can give you a mental visual to help you think of us in a special way.

My grandmother lived in the projects but we were taught that we lived in the projects not of the projects.  This meant that we would work together to have better things, we would keep our place clean, and that we always stood tall as a family.  On Christmas everyone came to her house and even though it was cramped and sometimes hot, we laughed, played, and ate together.  We shared stories and embarrassed each other about the past.  This is something that I will never forget and hope to pass it along to my children.

                             





Blog assignment week 2

One of my favorite quotes about children is:
"It takes a village to raise a child."  This is an old African Proverb that means that everyone that is involved in a child's life has to take responsibility to help care for that child and to guide that child in the right direction.

One of my favorite books is called Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe.  I love this book because it was one of the first books that I saw that was about African American girls.  For many years I didn't get to see books that related to my culture.  I also did not get to see African American girls depicted as beautiful.  This book allowed me to experience this in a wonderful way.

One of my most favorite stories about one of my students is:
This little boy had left to start kindergarten.  His new teacher was impressed about how much he new and how prepared he was.  The teacher was discussing with his mother how she wanted to move him into a more advanced reading group and maybe even put him in 1st grade.  The little boy's mother stated that she wanted to think about it and check with his preschool teacher 1st and the little boy stated how he was that smart because of Ms. DeWana.  The fact that the mother wanted my opinion on how her son would do even after he had left my class and that the little boy credited his success to me was amazing.  I knew then my value to the entire family and vowed to always remember that what seeds you plant will continue to grow if they are cared for.