Two Quotes

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance. ~Franklin P. Jones

"We as professionals have an opportunity to shape a child's life for the better."

            Ora Smith – Director Headstart

Additional quote

"[The educator's] problem is to protect the spirit of inquiry, to keep it from becoming blase from over-excitement, wooden from routine, fossilized through dogmatic instruction or dissipated by random exercise upon trivial things."

John Dewey

Additional resources related to young children and Families

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

Exchange The Early Childhood Leaders' Magazine
http://childcareexchange.com/

National Head Start Association

NHSA maintains close relationships with leading independent researchers in the field of early childhood education and helps disseminate their findings. In addition to resources found on this site, NHSA shares findings with the Head Start community through articles in NHSA Dialog (formerly the NHSA Research Quarterly), NHSA’s magazine Children and Families, sessions at NHSA conferences, and other speaking engagements.

http://www.nhsa.org/

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The Every Child matters Education Fund is a non profit, non partisan organization working to make children, youth, and families a national political priority.

http://everychildmatters.org

Personal Childhood Web

My grandmother: Elizabeth

She was the one constant thing in my life. My grandmother taught me how to cook. She has guided me thought thick and thin. When I am down in out my grandmother always was there to put me up. I can not imagine being with out her.  No one can replace her. I love her with all my heart.  I will never forget her. I am so bless to have a loving grandmother.

A quote about children

You know the only people who are always sure about the proper way to raise children? Those who’ve never had any.”

–Bill Cosby, Fatherhood

The Little Engine That Could

I love this book, because it teaches you values. When my children say they can’t do something I referred them back to The Little Engine That Could.