Dear blog viewers,
It has been a privilege to participate in scholarly
discussions with each and every one of you.
Even though my class in ending I plan on continuing my blog. Here are some suggestions of some resources
that I find especially pertinent to the field of early childhood;
1.
Here is
one video related to early childhood and poverty. This video gives a view of poverty from a
family in Malasia and it details exactly what the family has to go without as
well as the situations of their school age children.
2.
This second video details the views on poverty
from the perspective of Marian Wright Edelman, the founder of the Children’s
Defense Fund. Marian Edelman gives a
very thought provoking speech on the present status of our impoverished
children as well as what we in the US must do to change their present
situation.
3.
This third video is from 60 minutes. The video discusses the present status of
childhood poverty in the US and how the percentages of child poverty are
getting closer and closer to the numbers during the Great Depression
4.
I would also recommend purchasing the book, Talk on the Go for parents that may want
additional suggestions of things they can do to stimulate the language skills
of their children at
home, on the road, at the store and outside
·
Dougherty, D.P. & Paul, D. R. (2007). Talking
on the go. American Speech Language Hearing Association, www.asha..org
5.
I would also recommend the Anti-Defamation
League as an organization that will
provide articles on multicultural books and books that are anti-bias for
children
6.
I would also recommend visiting the Alliance for
Childhood (Crisis in the Kindergarten; Why children need play in school site
for the fact sheet on Kindergarten testing and some things that parents can
start doing right now
7.
I would also recommend the Friendship Circle
blog as a marvelous blog to visit. They
give suggestions of toys to help children with special needs, ipad apps for
children with special needs, how music helps children, resources for families
and ways a Speech-Pathologist can help your child
·
Friendshipcircle.org
8.
Early childhood organizations that I would
recommend for current research and information related to early child
development/learning and development all over the world from birth and up would
be; Zero to Three, Children’s Defense Fund, National Association for the Education
of Young Children, Association for Childhood Education International and
Harvard University’s Center on the Developing Child
9.
Some of my favorite inspirational quotes are;
·
“If a child cannot learn in the way we teach, we
must teach in a way the child can learn.”
–unknown
·
“Every student can learn, just not on the same
day, or the same way.” –George Evans
·
“Always walk through life as if you have
something new to learn and you will.”
-Vernon Howard
References
Dougherty, D.P. & Paul, D. R.
(2007). Talking on the go. American Speech Language Hearing
Foratv. (2008). Child poverty in America-marian wright
edelman. Retrieved from
Harvard University, Center on the
Developing Child. (n.d.) Retrieved from
National
Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families, Zero to Three. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.zerotothree.org/
Sixty Minutes.
(2011). Child poverty has risen to 60
million in the United States of America.
Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpS_eJkkAxc
Super
Simple Learning. (2013). Quotes. Retrieved from
supoersimplelearning.com/quotes/
Hunt,
Jessica. (2013, June 4). How music can
help children with special needs[Blog post].
Retrieved from www.friendshipcircle.org
UNICEF
Malaysia. (2011). Grit and hope: A
young girl strives to rise above hardship. Retrieved
