Additional Resources

Couchenour, D., & Chrisman, K. (2010, 4^th ed). Families, Schools, and Communities: Together for Young Children.

“Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today there are being formed, their blood is being made, and their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say tomorrow. Their name is today.” – Gabriela Mistral

Tomlin, Carolyn (2007), Teaching Beyond the four Walls. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/article_print.aspx?ArticleId=646

Course resources

Position Statement and Influential Practices

NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/Readiness.pdf

NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on responding to linguistic and cultural diversity. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/diversity.pdf

NAEYC. (2003). Early childhood curriculum, assessment, and program evaluation: Building an effective, accountable system in programs for children birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/pscape.pdf

NAEYC. (2009, April). Early childhood inclusion: A summary. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/DEC_NAEYC_ECSummary_A.pdf

Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. (2010). Infant-toddler policy agenda. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://main.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ter_pub_infanttodller

FPG Child Development Institute. (2006, September). Evidence-based practice empowers early childhood professionals and families. (FPG Snapshot, No. 33). Retrieved May 26, 2010, 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

Article: UNICEF (n.d.). Fact sheet: A summary of the rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Retrieved May 26, 2010, 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/
Read about OMEP's mission.

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

Selected Early Childhood Organizations

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 Head start’s National Research Conference
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/hsrc/

High Scope
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/

REFERENCES

Inspirational Quotations on Parenting and Children. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://zona-pellucida.com/inspiration9html

 

Janet Gonzalez-Mena (Child, Family, and Community: Family-Centered Early Care and Education (5th))

 

Perkins-Gough, D. & Zigler, E. (2007). Giving Intervention a Head Start. Educational Leadership, Vol 65 (2), pp.8-14. Retrieved from http://web.edscohost.com

 

Laureate, Education, 92010). The Passion for Early Childhood [Video Podcast]. Retrieved from http://mym.cdn.laureate-media.com/2dett4d/Walden/EDUC/6005/03/mm

 

Inspiration and Motivation Quotes

"The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child's world." Janet Gonzalez-Mena

 

"Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your feelings, which means you will have a wide range of emotions--not just constant sunshiny happiness." Janet Gonzalez-Mena

 

"The more involved parents are in th education of their children, the better the children's education and performance." Dr. Zigler

"It made me feel whole. It made me feel creative and so it became my life long work; early childhood education and the passion to make sure that all children were taught in environments and in ways that truly nurtured their ability to grow and to develop to their fullest ability."  Louise Derman-Sparks

"It is not about you but about the children". Renatta M. Cooper

"To assist a child, we must provide him with an environment, which will enable him to develop freely." Maria Montessori

 

Personal Childhood Web

TEE

Rosie Rucker was my aunt (dad sister). This lady did everything mom or dad could not do.She was just like another mother to us, she treated us like her own (she did not have kids). She was the family babysitter because dad did not believe in any and everybody keeping us. When my mother and father died, she took the place to be our mother. When her husband died, I took the responsibilities to care for her until she was admitted into the nursey home. My aunt died in March 2011 at the age of 85.

Personal Childhood Web

DAD

My dad, James Freeman, was really a father to his girls.  He was a man that encourage us not to put too much trust in people, but give a chance. My dad was a provider for the family who was very firm. My dad was a tuff man and he did not care who feeling he hurts. My dad died in October 2000, but his love he had for his family is still remember.

Personal Childhood Web

MOM

  

My mom had four girls and she did not treat any one of us different. My mother learn me how to take on the responsibility as being the lady I am today. Mom did whatever it took to make us feel special by making the hard time seen easy. My mom was my best friend and a mentor that still lives with me today. My mother has been out of my life for nine years but it seen like it was only yesterday.

"Quote for today"

I see the world through little eyes of learning...