The specific section of the NACCRRA (Child Care Aware) website that seemed relevant to me is making sure that all child care workers are up and feeling their best even when they are taking care of a class or group of children. In the United States, an estimated 15 million children are cared for in child… Continue reading Sharing Web Resources
United Nations Children’s Fund formerly called the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund was started by businessman Maurice Pate and former President Herbert Hoover in December 1946. UNICEF, headquartered in New York City, provides humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. Four things that I learned about childhood poverty in Latin… Continue reading Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 1
The website that I chose to research is the Childcare Aware of America, http://www.usa.childcareaware.org or http://www.naccrra.org both take you to the same website. Once you logon to the site, you can read the overview statement of the agency which is making sure every family in the United States has access to a high quality, affordable child… Continue reading Sharing Web Resources
PART 1 As I listened to the World Forum Foundation podcast featuring Michael Kalinowski. His guest was Professor George Forman. He talked about working on his dissertation at The University of Alabama learning theory about discrimination learning through Piaget. Discrimination learning is choosing between two things. Sometimes children don’t know that there are two ways of doing things.… Continue reading Expanding Horizons
My daily supports are my coworkers. They provide laughter, mental support and a shoulder when I need it. My personal children and my children at school provide a smile or a hug when I am not feeling my best. Monday’s are hard for me to get moving and it’s also hard for them to come to… Continue reading My Supports
The items that I played with mostly as a young child were a ball, bubbles and chalk. I lived in the country where you can look out your kitchen window and see cows or goats in the field. My parents allowed me to go out and play but I chose not… Continue reading My Connections to Play
Relationships are important to me because I need someone to talk to. Sometimes you just have to listen to someone that has been there and done that and also has a different view in opinion from what I am seeing. Sometimes we don’t have all the answers and the older generation, like my mom and dad,… Continue reading Relationship Reflection
