My Connections to Play

When I was younger I would spend most of my time outside playing with my sisters and friends.  We would ride bikes, go to the park, or just hang out.  My parents felt that we needed to have outdoor time to be able to burn off energy and just have time to explore.  We really love to play out in the rain and use to jump in puddles and of course play in the mud. What do you make in the mud pies of course and then we would throw them at one another.  Then jump in the puddles to wash off the mud. The one thing we always played when the weather was really bad was play school.

The way play is today is that children do not have much time outside has we did has children. With all the Technology children are more adapt to be inside to play video or computer games. I also think most parents are scared to have their children outside if they cannot be with them because of all the dangers. My daughter-in-law rarely lets my grandchildren outside because she is too busy so when they are at my house I take them outside to play has much has I can.  We go swimming, waterpark or just play in the yard.

Children need play to learn to grow and to use their imagination and just have fun and fresh air.  They need more outside then just what they get at school.

 

 

Relationship Reflection

       Relationships are important because starting from a young age you build relationships and keep on developing them has you get older. Having a healthy relationship gives you a reason to be happy and to help during stressful times.  When my husband died my mother-in- law was there for me from making the arrangements to listening to me when I needed someone to talk to.

  Some people that I have a special relationship with are my mother-in-law, my son, and my grandsons. My strongest relationship was with my husband he was my best friend and was always there for me. Another person that I had a wonderful relationship with was my friend of 20 years we went through a lot together but we had each other’s back and I am her son’s godmother.

     I believe that the way these experiences have helped me in the early childhood field is that I have learned patience, listening, and to be non-judgmental. There is many different ways to learning and getting to know how each child learns and let them know how special they are. It will also teach you to form a relationship with the parents and other teachers.     

 

       

Testing

     There are many test’s out there to be able to figure out where a child is at in their skill set. There is the aptitude test is a way to figure out where a child’s IQ is at. The achievement test that can tell what a child can and cannot do which is normally done in the third grade and up. One of the most important is the national assessment of educational process that test the reading, math, and other skills in the educational world. When a child has a special needs are tested through a star test and Stanford-Binet IQ set is done

 

     I believe making in sure we fully know where a child is at in what they know before we continue in teaching a child is the most important thing in the educational world. My reason for saying that is you will not teach a 2 year old stuff that a 9 year old would know and do. It is always important to not stressing out the child more than they need to be because they will not be willing to learn anything you want to teach them. 

 

     In China, children do not start till age 7. They are tested by the requirements of the Republic of China Compulsory law of 1986. This means a child has 9 years of schooling. In turn, it is a 9 year schooling process in which 6 years children work on math, physical, music, art, nature, moral and society, and practical work. The remaining 3 years children are tested and do college exams to figure out what jobs they would be able to do.

    

Reference:

  

     Berger, K.S. (2012). The developing person through childhood (6^th Ed.) New York, NY: Worth Publisher

     http://sitemaker.umich.edu/vanschaack.356/synopsis_of_public_schools_in_china

 

 

Violence has a stressor

 

I believe that violence is a stressor for many children. I had a friend whose son was shot and it took a toll on his children. They were scared to sleep and started doing worse in school.  They would not trust anybody except their family. Violence to me is one of the biggest stressor for everyone but really bad for the children. They do not understand what is happening and why people would be so mean and want to hurt another person.  According to an article in the Daily Science; "We know that exposure to violence is linked with aggression, depression, post-traumatic stress symptoms and academic and cognitive difficulties in the short term, but little is known about the long-term effects of such exposure," said Elizabeth Susman, Jean Phillips Shibley Professor of Biobehavioral Health, Penn State. "Our data show that the stress reaction to violence exposure is not just immediate.”( www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120703162630.htm).

To help them along their parents got them into counseling to help deal with their emotions and to help them find other ways to deal with the stress of it all.

A country that I am interested in learning more is Kuwait my son was stationed there and he told me some things that sounded interesting.

I was wondering how the children were doing after the war. According to the article I read the children are still having problems many years later.

People suffered from this brutal and fateful period when the country was under occupation, either by being forced to start over from scratch or by working in a new job, building a new house. Many people fell into poverty.

Experts have identified a number of different unhealthy emotions felt by those who lived through the occupation. The emotions themselves are not particularly different or unique from what children experience in many other situations. However, in this PTSD context, the Kuwaiti children are experiencing a number of these emotions simultaneously and with greater intensity. And this intensity, if left untreated, increases with time. Anxiety is the most common aspect of post-traumatic stress disorder especially in children. It is an unpleasant emotional state. It is frequently followed by physiological symptoms that may lead to fatigue or even exhaustion. It is something that I hope the children and all the people can get over what has happen and learn to be happy once again.

Penn State. "Exposure to violence has long-term stress effects among adolescents." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 3 July 2012. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/07/120703162630.htm>.

Post-traumatic stress disorder in Kuwait." 123HelpMe.com. 30 May 2015
    <http://www.123HelpMe.com/view.asp?id=44228>.

 

 

 

Safe Water

Access to healthy water is important to me because I have seen what it is like not to have clean water. So many people in the world does not have clean water and children get so ill and many die. In the United States about the only time we do not have fresh water available is after a severe storms of floods. Most of us in the U.S. have easy access to bottled water or water  filters that we can use.

In Africa where there is lack of clean water 1 out of every 5 deaths under the age of 5 is due to a water-related disease. Most of these waterborne diseases are not found in developed counties because they have a sophisticated water systems that filters and chlorinate to eliminate all disease organisms. Clean and safe water is essential to healthy living. As you might know there is lots in poverty places that have no water in Africa because they cannot afford to clean the water.  So if someone does find a source of water than everyone rushes to it and then the clean water is gone.
The information that I have learned and would share is by talking about this with my students and together maybe start some type of fundraiser to help those in Africa to help the children over there. I worked at a school that we did to a fundraiser to help dig a well in Africa so they could have clean water and the children felt proud because raised enough for two wells.

 

Growing Your Collection of Resources

Part 1: Position Statements and Influential Practices

NAEYC. (2009). Developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood programs serving children from birth through age 8. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap

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://main.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://community.fpg.unc.edu/sites/community.fpg.unc.edu/files/imce/documents/FPG_Snapshot_N33_EvidenceBasedPractice_09-2006.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.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Part 2: Global Support for Children's Rights and Well-Being

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://worldforumfoundation.org/wf/wp/about-us
This link connects you to the mission statement of this organization. Make sure to watch the media segment 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/
Click on "Mission/Vision" and "Guiding Principles and Beliefs" and read these statements. 

 

Note: Explore the resources in Parts 3 and 4 in preparation for this week's       Application assignment.

 

 Part 3: Selected Early Childhood Organizations

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/

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/

Institute for Women's Policy Research
http://www.iwpr.org/

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.pewstates.org/projects/pre-k-now-328067

Voices for America's Children
http://www.voices.org/

The Erikson Institute
http://www.erikson.edu/

Part 4: Selected Professional Journals Available in the Walden Library

        Tip: Use the Journal option under Search & Find on the library website to find    journals by title.

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

 

These are my websites that I found useful

 

http://www.ecalliance.org/families/our-childrens-centers/curriculum

 

http://www.parents.com/kids/development/

 

http://www.doe.in.gov/standards

 

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