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.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Sunday, March 25, 2012
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.
"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.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
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.
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.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
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
"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
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
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. 9th Edition. 2009
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. 9th Edition. 2009
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Stress on Children Development
Being Raped
I was raped, when I was twelve years old. The man was about twenty-nine or thirty years old at the time. I was in the privacy of my mother’s home. She was at worked. However, the intruder found a way in the house and when I came home he attacked me. He told me if I ever told anyone he would kill me. Although, he did not kill me, but instead he fled before the cops could find him.
This accident burden me for awhile and I took action my own way. I was drinking and smoking at the age of twelve and hanging out with people older than me. By the fall of that 1991, I begin to seek help with the counselor at school. I would tell her my problems and she would find a way to help me out. I became sexual active and for some reason I was having sex just to be doing it.
As a child, I was scared I really didn’t know what to do or what to expect. I acted out the best way I knew how. Keeping all this information bottled up inside of me. I would interact by hanging out with girls older than me, sneaking out of the house and going to parties, and wearing makeup. I would only talk to the counselor at school. My mother tried but at the time it just didn’t feel right talking to her. By the time I became pregnant, I realize that I had someone that needed to look up to me. Being raped and knowing your attacker was hard for me. I didn’t feel I could trust anyone. I feel that way with my children today. I am scared to leave them anywhere because I am scared that they may be abuse or something may happen to them while I am away. Being raped with cause a child to regress and not interact properly.
According to a survey for the period 1998–2000 compiled by the UN, South Africa was ranked first for rapes per capita. The incidence of rape has led to the country being referred to as the "rape capital of the world". One in three of the 4,000 women questioned by the Community of Information, Empowerment and Transparency said they had been raped in the past year. More than 25 per cent of South African men questioned in a survey published by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in June 2009 admitted to rape; of those, nearly half said they had raped more than one person. Three out of four of those who had admitted rape indicated that they had attacked for the first time during their teens. South Africa has amongst the highest incidences of child and baby rape in the world.
South Africa has some of the highest incidences of child and baby rape in the world. More than 67,000 cases of rape and sexual assaults against children were reported in 2000 in South Africa, compared to 37,500 in 1998. Some cite a 400% increase in sexual violence against children in the decade preceding 2002. A third of the cases are committed by a family member or close relative. Child welfare groups believe that the number of unreported incidents could be up to 10 times that number. The largest increase in attacks was against children under seven (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa).
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A number of high-profile baby rapes appeared since 2001 (including the fact that they required extensive reconstructive surgery to rebuild urinary, genital, abdominal, or tracheal systems). In 2001, a 9-month-old was raped and likely lost consciousness as the pain was too much to bear. Another 9-month-old baby was raped by six men, aged between 24 and 66, after the infant had been left unattended by her teenage mother. A 4-year-old girl died after being raped by her father. A 14-month-old girl was raped by her two uncles. In February 2002, an 8-month-old infant was reportedly gang raped by four men. One has been charged. The infant has required extensive reconstructive surgery. The 8-month-old infant's injuries were so extensive, increased attention on prosecution has occurred. A significant contributing factor for the escalation in child abuse is the widespread myth in HIV ravaged South Africa that having sex with a virgin will cure a man of AIDS. This myth exists in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. The child abusers are often relatives of their victims and may even be their fathers and providers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa).
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References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa
I was raped, when I was twelve years old. The man was about twenty-nine or thirty years old at the time. I was in the privacy of my mother’s home. She was at worked. However, the intruder found a way in the house and when I came home he attacked me. He told me if I ever told anyone he would kill me. Although, he did not kill me, but instead he fled before the cops could find him.
This accident burden me for awhile and I took action my own way. I was drinking and smoking at the age of twelve and hanging out with people older than me. By the fall of that 1991, I begin to seek help with the counselor at school. I would tell her my problems and she would find a way to help me out. I became sexual active and for some reason I was having sex just to be doing it.
As a child, I was scared I really didn’t know what to do or what to expect. I acted out the best way I knew how. Keeping all this information bottled up inside of me. I would interact by hanging out with girls older than me, sneaking out of the house and going to parties, and wearing makeup. I would only talk to the counselor at school. My mother tried but at the time it just didn’t feel right talking to her. By the time I became pregnant, I realize that I had someone that needed to look up to me. Being raped and knowing your attacker was hard for me. I didn’t feel I could trust anyone. I feel that way with my children today. I am scared to leave them anywhere because I am scared that they may be abuse or something may happen to them while I am away. Being raped with cause a child to regress and not interact properly.
According to a survey for the period 1998–2000 compiled by the UN, South Africa was ranked first for rapes per capita. The incidence of rape has led to the country being referred to as the "rape capital of the world". One in three of the 4,000 women questioned by the Community of Information, Empowerment and Transparency said they had been raped in the past year. More than 25 per cent of South African men questioned in a survey published by the Medical Research Council (MRC) in June 2009 admitted to rape; of those, nearly half said they had raped more than one person. Three out of four of those who had admitted rape indicated that they had attacked for the first time during their teens. South Africa has amongst the highest incidences of child and baby rape in the world.
South Africa has some of the highest incidences of child and baby rape in the world. More than 67,000 cases of rape and sexual assaults against children were reported in 2000 in South Africa, compared to 37,500 in 1998. Some cite a 400% increase in sexual violence against children in the decade preceding 2002. A third of the cases are committed by a family member or close relative. Child welfare groups believe that the number of unreported incidents could be up to 10 times that number. The largest increase in attacks was against children under seven (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa).
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A number of high-profile baby rapes appeared since 2001 (including the fact that they required extensive reconstructive surgery to rebuild urinary, genital, abdominal, or tracheal systems). In 2001, a 9-month-old was raped and likely lost consciousness as the pain was too much to bear. Another 9-month-old baby was raped by six men, aged between 24 and 66, after the infant had been left unattended by her teenage mother. A 4-year-old girl died after being raped by her father. A 14-month-old girl was raped by her two uncles. In February 2002, an 8-month-old infant was reportedly gang raped by four men. One has been charged. The infant has required extensive reconstructive surgery. The 8-month-old infant's injuries were so extensive, increased attention on prosecution has occurred. A significant contributing factor for the escalation in child abuse is the widespread myth in HIV ravaged South Africa that having sex with a virgin will cure a man of AIDS. This myth exists in Zambia, Zimbabwe and Nigeria. The child abusers are often relatives of their victims and may even be their fathers and providers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa).
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References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_violence_in_South_Africa
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