EARLY CHILDHOOD RESOURCES

Learning Resources

• NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/courses/63694/CRS-CW-5364582/educ6005_readings/naeyc_dap_position_statement.pdf
  
• 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://www.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.
  Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title. 

• 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://www.worldforumfoundation.org/wf/about.php
    This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the video on this webpage 
    
  • World Organization for Early Childhood Education
    http://www.omep-usnc.org/
    Read about OMEP’s mission. 
    
  • Association for Childhood Education International
    http://acei.org/about/
    Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.

• 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 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/index.cfm
  
• 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

Additonal Resourses
Mariam Wright Eledman. The State of America's Children.Yearbook. 2002

Preschool Matters: Edward Zigler: It's Time for a new Approach to Public Pre-K Starting from Birth. Retrived from http://nieer.org/p-sm/index.php article=90

Head Start Background/History. Retrived from http://sitemaker.umich.edu/356.bell/background/history

WORDS OF INSPIRATION OF PASSION AND MOTIVATION

"Service is what life is all about"       
"You really can change the world if you care enough"    Mariam Wright Edelman

"Students not only need to know how to use a skill but also when to use it.  They need to learn to recognize for themselves the context in which the skill might be useful and the purpose it can most appropriately serve."
                                                                                   Sylvia Chard,PhD

"Make sure that all children were taught in an environment the way to nurture their ability to grow in their ability."        Louise Derman-Sparks

"Passion is to really see the unique opportunity to shape a child life for the better."        Sandy Escobido

Some passion and motivational saying of my mom while she was in the daycare:
"Never do for a child that he  can't  do for himself."

"Remember the book The Little Engine That Could the train never said I can't it said "I think I can, I think I can". So remeber there is no such word as "I can't"   my mom, Ms Henry RIP

PERSONAL CHILDHOOD WEB

TOP 5 IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

MOM...........was always there. She made sure that I was involved in everything pertaining to church and school.  She was the mom to all children.  Why I say that is because she worked in the Head Start Program for 20 years; and then she owned and operated her own daycare center for 25 years.  Although I was the only child, I never felt like it a day in my life.  I was always around her and the kids from work.  As a little child, I thought my mom was the meanest mom I could ever have.   After all her love and care and making sure I had the things I needed, she was the best mom I or anyone could ever have.  The children from Head Start and from the daycare center would always come back just to see Ms.Henry. 

GRANDMOTHER.........I lived with my grandmother all my early childhood life.  For the longest I thought she was the mother and my mom was my sister.  She made sure I had just about anything that any child could have.  Now if you want to say I could have been spoil, then I would say she was the one that spoiled me.  Like my mom, my grandmother cared for everyone in the neighborhood.  She would make sure everyone was fed.  Love was for all the kids in the neighborhood.

MRS. IDA FRANCES DAVIS....was my godmother, my sunday school teacher, my neighbor that lived across the street, my first grade teacher, her traveling companion, and most of all my mentor.  She was my influence to mentor  in the community, to teach children, and to help everyone.

CHARLOTTE......my "sister", my cousin, and my phone buddy.  Now when I could not talk to anyone and tell my problems to I could tell them to her. She was the sister that I never had.

MICHELLE.......my best childhood friend.  I made friends with Michelle in the first grade.  I thought she was the smartest girl in class and she was.  She was an only child also so she and I got alone very well.  While growing up, we would walk downtown to the movies, walk to the library, and ride bikes forever.  Today Michelle, although she has an ongoing illness,  we are still the best of friends and keep in touch everyday.

My Favorite Children Story Book

This book is very interesting it talks about how the little girl adventures off looking for Sally through pieces of fabrics on The Quilt. It reminds me of the quilts my grandmother made me when I was a child.

The Drawings of My Children

These are drawings of my boys they drew for me for Mother's Day 2003