COURSE RESOURCES

                                                       THIS WEEKS RESOURCES 

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

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

Prepared for Kindergarten: What Does "Readiness" Mean? By Debra J. Ackerman and W. Steven Barnett NIEER Policy Report (March 2005). http://nieer.org/docs/index.php

                                                       ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

http://childrensadvocate.blogspot.com/

http://www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/caregive/caregivee.cfm
www.rtinetwork.org/essential/family/engagingfamilies

PERSONALIZING MY BLOG

                                                    WEEK 2: BLOG ASSIGNMENT

1) An image of a child’s drawing, and why you chose it

      I chose my son drawing of me, my two sons and their dad in a house with a sun and sky. My son explaining how he love his family, he love me as his momma, he love his brother and love his dad. In my son drawing, he is very expressive and emotional about his feelings for his family. I appreciate that my son is caring and don’t mind being considerate to think of family and others.

           2) Anything else that fuels your passion for the early childhood field

     I love being a mom and knowing that applying those skills would only increase more education knowledge for me. Also for the early childhood field would enhance to take what I have learned and apply it to my two sons. Some education and parent skills comes natural and some you eventually learn.

PERSONAL CHILDHOOD WEB

                                                         WEEK 3: BLOG ASSIGNMENT

     My father and mother influenced my life being a great role model showing and telling me the do’s and don’ts in life. Also, they kept it real and through their life experiences allowed to be a great mom for my two sons. My parents definitely instilled morals and ethics, maturity and integrity. I am very proud of that. My parents nurtured and cared and mad me feel special by discipline and talking openly and being honest plus I was the only girl with three brothers. I was daddy little girl but we all was showed loved, no favoritism. My dad made sure my brothers and I dressed really well. My parents showed great workmanship and dedication to never give up regardless of what is going on just keep it moving. Even today, they still impact my life by reflecting on all I learned from a child until now as an adult. My parents are still married over 40 years, which is a blessing because that is very rare for my generation to still be together over 5 years.

     My grandparents and their sons which are my uncles help raised my brothers and I when my parents were working then my parents would come pickup us up. My grandparents and uncles always been down to earth and very hilarious. You never knew what they would say. As kids we always laugh. My grandparents are deceased but three of my uncles are still living. My uncles are older now but instilled great values of being true to yourself and make sure you are happy and if not get out the situation because you need to enjoy life at its best. 

    Each instilled in me to not take mess from others and stand up for myself. Know who I am. be a leader and not a follower, unless need to follow. Have confidence in myself because if I do not then who else will. Always respect your elders. Think before you speak. Do unto others as you will have them to do unto you.

WEEK 4: BLOG ASSIGNMENT

                                                          WEEK 4 BLOG ASSIGNMENT                                                

Janet Gonzalez-Mena quote "lack a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence."

Doug Lemov “taxonomy”

1)      One or two quotes about passion, motivation, and wisdom from the professionals in the video segment you watched during Week 2 of the course.

Louise Derman-Sparks is Professor Emeritus. Louise quote- “I always love kids”

          Raymond Hernandez MS Ed the Executive Director for the School of Early Childhood Education. Raymond quote “This is what it is all about, this is what drives me to do what I’m doing”