My support

The first huge support is my children. I am there for my children whenever they need me. I try to spoil them and get them whatever they want because when I was young I got the same treatment from my family. My husband is also a huge support. He is like my best friend. I can talk to him about anything and he is always there for me when I need him. He handles all the bill and he works full time while I focus on my degree. He supports me in whatever I do. Without my cell phone I do not know what I will do. I can access a lot from my cell phone and I need it at all times. Technology is something else because without my computer I would not be able to get a lot of things accomplished neither.

"My Connections to Play"

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.
Margaret Mead

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.
Fred Rogers

 

 

When I was a child play was more of playing with dolls and toys. Children do not play with many toys today, they like to play house interpreting what they see grown ups doing. The role play throughout my life is different from when I was a child. I didn't do or see the things the children do and see now. When I was younger my parents use to play with me and interact with me but now a days majority of the parents do not interact with the children.

Relationship

My number 1 relationship is with my children. They mean the world to me and they always keeps me happy. They know when I am down and they know exactly what to say to bring me back up. They always have a positive attitude towards things which makes me have a positive attitude. My husband and I also have a special bond. He is always there for me when I need him. If it is anything I need him to do he always does it. My relationship with my family keeps me with a positive relationship towards other. Some children do not have a good relationship with their family so I am always there for them to pick up the slack.

Thanks

I want to give everybody a special thanks for being there when I needed them and also for being very helpful. I look forward to seeing you all in many more classes. Thank you very much.

Quotes about children

“Whatever they grow up to be, they are still our children, and the one most important of all the things we can give to them is unconditional love. Not a love that depends on anything at all except that they are our children.”

 Rosaleen Dickson quotes

  

 “Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression.”

“Children begin by loving their parents; as they grow older they judge them; sometimes, they forgive them”

Testing for Children

I think that testing for children should be measured. When you test children it is a good way to see where children stand. Children are human beings just like everybody else but some children need a little more help than others. It is best to test a child so that they can get help before it is too late. Children do not know when they need help so it is up to the caregiver to notice it. I had one child in my class that were very smart but they child was very slow of learning. When the child learned the things it stuck with him. By it taking him so long to catch on that when he finally caught on it was too late. We had moved on to another subject. I requested for him to be tested, they tried many ways to see why the child was so slow about learning. It wasn’t that the child had a problem it was that when the children were in a group with children his mind wondered. He had ADHD. He was easily distracted. They had to put him on some medicine that helped calmed him down to learn. When he was on the medicine he was the smartest child in my class. You knew that difference of the days that he took the medicine and the days that he was not given the medicine. It all worked for the best that is why I would choose testing for children over anything.

Consequences of Stress on Children's Development

I had a friend who had a hunger problem. The way my friend coped with that problem is that she tried to drink as much milk as possible because it sometimes kept her full for a while. She also made sure she ate an orange or a grapefruit every day to help her appetite. She also ate soup because soup and bread filled her up very fast.

Sub Saharan Africa has water stress. Water stress refers to economic, social, or environmental problems caused by unmet water needs. Lack of supply is often caused by contamination, drought, or a disruption in distribution. The water that they do get is so contaminated that it is impossible for them to drink. The only thing that will help them is to treat the water. By researching, the water is already being treated. They are doing much as possible. They need more water storage capacity. 

www.cfr.org/africa/water-stress-sub-saharan-africa/p11240

SIDS

"Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a syndrome marked by the symptoms of sudden and unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant aged one month to one year. The term cot death is often used in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, while crib death is sometimes used in North America. Typically the infant is found dead after having been put to bed, and exhibits no signs of having suffered.

This topic is very meaningful to me because I have young children. I have a baby that is 3 months and I was curious about what caused SIDS. My baby does sleep on his stomach but I watches him the best I can. Most SIDS is caused by children sleeping on their stomach. In the future I will try to get my baby to sleep more on his back. That kind of scares me also because I am afraid of him choking.

The influence of social and biologic factors on sudden infant death was studied in a large Chinese population. Data from all birth certificates in Taiwan from 1988 to 1992 were merged with death certificate data for post neonatal deaths from sudden infant death syndrome and suffocation. Age difference of parents of more than 10 years was associated with a relative risk (RR) of 1.8 (multivariate adjusted, 95% confidence interval (Cl) 1.3–2.3).

Personal Birthing Experience

        I remember two months ago when I gave birth to my third living son. The labor were so fast that they did not have time to give me any medicine for pain. I was at home and when I got up to use the rest room around 3 one morning my water broke. I had to wait for my mom to arrive to take me to the emergency room and I was in pain all the way there. The emergency room is about 45 minutes from my house. And my mom live about 30 minutes from my house. Soon as I arrived it was time for me to push. I was at 9 centimeters. The bad part about it is that I was going in labor 5 weeks early. I chose this one because it is amazing how I delivered 5 weeks early and my baby were more healthier than my other two babies that I delivered 3 weeks early. To me birth have a big impact on child development because some children that are pre term have problems later in life.
        Over 60% of preterm births occur in Africa and south Asia, but preterm birth is truly a global problem; countries with the highest numbers include Brazil, India, Nigeria and the United States of America. Of the 11 countries with preterm birth rates over 15%, all but two are in sub-Saharan Africa. In the poorest countries, on average, 12% of babies are born too soon compared with 9% in higher-income countries. Within countries, poorer families are at higher risk. I learned that Africa and South Asia births are majority pre term.

NAEYC and DEC

NAEYC…..

  I-1.3—To recognize and respect the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child. If we come into a child care center with this in focus we will be able to help children develop appropriately.  Children are unique and they all learn at different levels.

I-1.4—To appreciate the vulnerability of children and their dependence on adults. Children are very vulnerable so we must be careful what we do as adults as we shape the lives of children.  Taking careful notice of their vulnerability will keep us in line.

I-1.5—To create and maintain safe and healthy settings that foster children’s social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development and that respect their dignity and their contributions.  Environment is so important to children’s learning.  If the environment is conducive to learning for children more creativity will happen the classroom setting.

DEC….. 

 We shall demonstrate the highest standards of personal integrity, truthfulness, and honesty in all our professional activities in order to inspire the trust and confidence of the children and families and of those with whom we work.  This is vitally important to me it all speaks to have respect for oneself in turn it will cause families to gain trust.  Once trust is gained from families it becomes easier to help the children and family.

Everything that I listed have some way that children are being helped and love. This relates to my everyday life because this is what I do on a daily basis.

my boys

Additional Resources

Developmentally Appropriate Practice in Early Childhood Programs Serving Children from Birth through Age 8 (2009, 3d ed.)

http://www.naeyc.org/store/

Moving Right Along

Planning Transitions to Prevent Challenging Behavior

http://journal.naeyc.org/btj/200805/hemmeter.asp

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Connecting Young Kids (YAACK)

http://aac.unl.edu/yaack/

Course Resources

Course resources

Position Statements and Influential PracticesDevelopmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved from

 http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved from

 http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved from

 http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.pdf

Turnbull, A., Zuna, N., Hong, J. Y., Hu, X., Kyzar, K., Obremski, S., et al. (2010). Knowledge-to-action guides. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(3), 42-53.

Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being
Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved from http://www.unicef.org/crc/files/Rights_overview.pdf

Websites:

World Forum Foundation
http://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us

World Organization for Early Childhood Education
http://www.omep-usnc.org/

Association for Childhood Education International
http://acei.org/

Early Childhood OrganizationsNational 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/

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/

Professional Journals
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

My family

Quotes

Education is not a problem. Education is an opportunity.

Lyndon B. Johnson

 Eunice Kennedy Shriver

"These Games are "special" in more ways than one.  They are special for the competition and training they provide and also for what they say about the ability of all human beings to overcome the greatest obstacles and rise like the triumphant Phoenix."

Personal Childhood Web

Personal Childhood Web

Five people

Loretta Williams- She is my mother and she was always there for me when I needed her. Today she is still there for me when I need her. If there is anything that I need she is there to give it to me. If I need help she is there to help me. When I am down she is always there to lift me up. My mother always told me to love my brothers and sisters because they are going to always be there for me when no one else is there.

Albert Williams- He is my father. My father is always there to give me encouraging words. He may fuss and argue about a lot of things but his words are always true. He always has told me birds of a father flock together and if you hang with trash it will get in your eyes. My father has always told me to choose my friends wisely. My father encouraging words has taught me to keep my friends close and my enemies closer.

Mary Johnson- She is my grandmother. She stays right across the road from me and if I need anything she is always there to give it to me. My granny always told me that a mind is a terrible thing to waste. Today I see now what she meant when she said that. She was the main person who disciplines me and she always told me that when I get older I will thank her.

Glenda Butler- She is my aunt. She is always there to remind me of forgetful things. She takes me places if I don’t have a ride and she always pick me up when I need her to. She took me shopping when I was younger and now whenever she go places she bring my children something back. She makes sure my family and I am well taking care of.

Earl Stewart- He is the father of my best friend. He is like another father figure to me. He always use to take us places and buy us things. And today he still keep up with me and check on me to make sure everything is okay with my family and I. He is a pastor and he married my husband and I. I couldn’t have asked for anything else.

Quote about children

We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today. ~Stacia Tauscher

Children Book

A children book that I love is the very hungry caterpillar. I love this book because it have a lot of pictures that children love seeing and it teaches children numbers.

Early childhood is a career I chose because of the love and passion I have for young children. Everyday I make a child happy just by nurturing and caring for them. Today after church I got with a group of children just to show them attention and love and it made them very happy.