My Professional Contacts

The UNICEF Organization helps children throughout the world and is widely known throughout the country. UNICEF is the leading advocate for children’s rights, they are active in more than 190 countries. The Global Fund for Children envision a world where all children have the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. Therefore, The two professional I chose are UNICEF http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/index.html and The Global Fund for Children http://www.globalfundforchildren.org. I email both parties and join their organizations. I also join UNICEF on face book.

"MY SUPPORTS"

Support is having a dependable person to be your backbone and help out when needed.  Someone who is there financially, emotionally, and physically. 

I am the proud mother of five handsome young men, a bachelor's degree, pursuing my master's degree, the assistant director of an early childcare learning center, and a bride-to-be.

My mother is the best support of all.  She's always there for me in every way possible.  She's there when my children father is off working and I have to go on workshops and when I had to go to school.  She suppor me by making sure my  children are in a safe environment while I am gone.  My husband to be is next, he showers me with much love when he is at home and make sure the children are well taken careof.  He also was there for me when I had to go to school, he supported me in every way.  We go out as a family to eat on the weekend, go to movies, and have a great family time.  My young men shower me with much love and we enjoy having family game night.  My students in my classroom shows me much love as the enter the classroom and that's enough support for me to have a great day at work.

The challenge that I would not want to face is not having the support from my family.  It would have been a huge problem of not furthering my education and becoming the person I am today.

MY CONNECTIONS to PLAY

 "It is better to play than do nothing" by Confucius.

"Play is the beginning of knowledge" by Plato.

 Growing up as I child I played with my brothers on the swing.  They will give me a push, and I used my legs to continue swinging back and forth. They would also push me around in the wagon, and many times they would put me in the wagon and push me down the hill to see how the wagon will go.

Coming up as a young child we did not have much.  I would go outside with my friends and play football with the boys and climb trees for fun.  Climbing trees help to increase my gross motor skills.  Many of the activities that I played helpd with gross motor skills.  However, I would play in the mun and pretend to make a mudcake or pretend to make pancakes out of mud.  As children we have a huge imagination.  I can't remember playing with manipulatives and learning colors and how to snap the objects together to increase my fine motor skills.  Although, in childcare ceenter now you tend to see it a lot.

Relationship Reflection

I have been in a relationship for over twenty years. My partner and I have four children together, all boys. We get along well and we know what each other want and need before asked. We communicate well with each other and we have a bond that I believe is unbreakable. We are planning a wedding for May 5, 2012.

My best friend(Joye) and I have known each other since September 1998. We go places together with our children, shopping, movies, and out to eat. We go bowling and have cookouts at each other house from time to time. We talk on the phone everyday, even though see has moved 100 miles away from where I live, we still communicate everyday. She will be home next week, so we are having a cookout/birthday party for her on March 17, 2012.

My relationship is very open with my children. I want them to be able to come and talk to me and let me know what is going on with them. If they are having problems at school I want them to communicate with and let me know what is wrong at school. I build trust with my children so that they feel comfortable telling me anything. My older boys 19, and 18 have more trouble with the girlfriends and are always wanting advice.

Building a relationship is important to me because it gives you the chance to get to know a person and they learn to open up and communicate with you on a daily basis. The relationship has to have TRUST. The bond will that you build in a relationship will encourage a person that you are there for them at all times.

I have really enjoyed every one over the last eight weeks, we have learned a lot about the developmental skills of our yuoung children.  I hope everyone has meant well and gain knowledge to become a professional in the field of Early Childhood Education.  Good Luck in the future and hope we can inspire each other in other courses.  Keep up the great work!!!!


"Once children learn how to learn, nothing is going to narrow their mind. The essence of teaching is to make learning contagious, to have one idea spark another".  Marva Collins

Death of a Loved One

On Sunday, February 19, 2012 at 1:25pm I received a phone call that my cousin and her child was in a terrible car accident.  After, receiving the call, I drove to the scene not knowing the tragic that was near.  She was pronounced dead at the scene.  Kiara Short, 21 years of age.  She was loved by many and gone so fast.  You will truly be missed.

Testing for Intelligence?

Educators assess a child’s intellectual functioning as part of a multifactor’s evaluation , a school psychologist or other trained professional administers an intellectual test (Heward, 2009). When assessing a child you must consider the “whole child” and focus on his or her skills of development when teaching each child. You have to create a roadmap for what works to educate the whole child. One must get the resources you need to identify and address challenges in educating the whole child (http://www.wholechildeducation.org).

Despite a policy focus on educating the whole child, China continues to struggle with a culture of testing, placing a premium on academic knowledge to the detriment of a more well-rounded curriculum. Students are overworked, lack of adequate sleep, and have little time for anything beyond school work. The Chinese Ministry of Education has enumerated the problems associated with test-oriented education, including an overemphasis on preparing students for tests, a reliance on rote memorization and mechanical drills, and lack of creativity (http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/may07/vol64/num08/abstract.aspx).



References
http://www.wholechildeducation.org

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational- leadership/may07/vol64/num08/abstract.aspx

Heward, William L. Exceptional Children. An Introduction to Special Education. 9^th Edition. 2009