Sharing Web resources

I have been reviewing the web site of Zero to Three, National center for infants, toddlers and families. The section that stood out the most to me was behavior and development, early development.

I was listening to a podcast about how emotional develop unfolds starting at birth. A doctor from the University of California has great insights on infant emotions. Babies’ facial expressions tell it all. Research is paying attention to the babies’ reactions and how they respond to certain situations and people. One of the examples Dr. Ross used is an infant can become depressed at ten months olds and show signs of withdrawal because the parent is depressed.

Listening to this podcasts made me thing about the infants in my classroom. It makes me think if something is really wrong with them. I have an infant who has a disturbing father but caring mother and arouse curiosity about the infant due to his rude acts to his wife and children in front of other children and staff. I also have an infant who is not a colicky baby, but cries hysterically often. This is actually a new thing that just started. He will hardly eat and now sleeps less and cannot figure out why he’s always crying. It makes me wonder if I am trying to understand the causes.

Dr. Ross says “, it really requires that we shift our mindset a little bit to understand that as much as we are striving as parents to remain sensitive to what’s going on inside our infants and young children, that they too could also be extremely attentive to and sensitive to the feelings of the adults who they’re attached to” ( Thompson R, 2014).

Some parents and teachers can become impatient when dealing with other children, but since we cannot understand everything, it is imperative that we are patient and the older they get, more understanding. I have learned with research to back me up that children tend to understand more when they are talked to more. Even as infants, when talking becomes repetitive, they began to understand more. It helps them with transitions in their life. So I have learned that parents should allow children the experience of learning to cope where there are limitations to how a child can react and get away with and how we are better able to deal with it.

http://www.zerotothree.org/

Getting to know international contacts

I was so glad to get into contact with my old director from when I worked for the school district. Her name is Esther Chong and I had forgotten about her until I ran into her on Facebook. Esther actual moved back to Hong Kong to be with her family. Esther has been in the child care field for over 20 years and she has hers Master’s degree in early education.

The early childhood education system in Hong Kong they follow the preprimary guidelines. They have also adopted the IB, pyp education framework. The IB stands for International Baccalaureate and pyp is the primary year’s program. I have been learning more about their program and how it works. I found it interesting that the children attend for three hours of the day five days a week. This center is an interactive curriculum based program. The first two lessons are conducted in English and taught by a native English teacher. Chinese is introduces for one hour at the end of the day.  It would be taught to cater to the needs of children from expatriate families and those who want to go to international primary schools. The children are learning to read and write in Chinese on a level that is equivalent to public schools.

I would love to tell so much more about what this program offers but that would be pages long and I just got into contact with Esther this past Sunday and I did not want to bombard her with too many questions in one night so stay tuned. I have mentioned questions to her about their being poverty in their local community but has yet to get a response yet.

sharing Web resources

The name of the web site I chose was zero to Three, National center for infants, toddlers and families. The Web address ishttp://www.zerotothree.org/. The purpose of this web site is to provide information for parents, educators, and policy makers the knowledge to nurture early childhood education. This web site provide ways and ensures a strong start in life for infants and toddlers.

I was reading an article about play and ran across some interesting thoughts. I am a firm believer on children playing as part of curriculum and children’s development and growth. I know that children learn best through play, but what I did not know is what they were actually learning. The article mentions that children are learning mathematical concepts, literacy skills and story telling skills. These skills are building on brain development in so many ways. I also thought children learning confidence and self- esteem was an interesting thought as well because children do not know they are doing this.

As an infant toddler teacher am now more aware of the importance of play than I ever was. We are structured on following curriculum. I will be placing more play in my curriculum. I just need to find a balance.

Establishing professional contacts

I chose Asia- Armenia

email address-ruzanna@sbsbf.am
Ruzanna Tsarukyan 


Haiti

Dominique Hudicourt
email address- tipatipa@hainet.net


I introduced my self to both organizations and explained who I am, where I am from, what I hope to gain, what my goals are and the the program I am in. When I hear a response I will then proceed to ask questions in detail after the first reply.

I decided to choose the global alliance web site to choose my professional contacts.I did have issues with a couple of the emails and countries I have selected, but continued on to other countries until I reach a response. My first email will not be in the office until the 12th of January. I will keep you guys posted on my information. Please feel free to leave comments or suggestions.

for part two of this assignment I decided to follow zero to three, national center for infants, toddlers and families and the national association of education for young children. These sites spikes my interest because I enjoy working with families and children. My bachelors is in family systems concentration and I work in the child care field so I hope to gain so much more than I know.