Professionals with Passion

I have found that every professional that I quoted has a unique approach and passion for children that can be link to their childhood. 

 

People who have Passion and Motivation for children, families, and communities.  Check it out on my blog.  Melissa Weaver

                                                     

"It’s okay for children to become bicultural.  It’s not okay to take their home culture away from them.  (Gonzalez-Mena, 2008)

“I have a built-in empathy for poor children, as well as a deep belief, based on my own life, that just because you're poor that doesn't mean you're inadequate.” (Zigler, 2007)

 “What do I do so naturally that perhaps might seem to be natural to me might be a challenge to others.”

Leticia Lara LCSW                                                                                                                                               Regional Manager                                                                                                                                    Outreach & Professional Development                                                                                                                                                     Zero to Three                                                                                                                                              

 Louise Derman-Sparks, Professor Emeritus, Pacific Oak College, CA

“A built in passion that is important to make a real contribution to the world to fix all the injustices within the world.”             

Personal Childhood Web

Hello All,
I posted my Personal Childhood Web yesterday, but figured out a better way for it to appear on my blog.  Sorry, I don't live by any family and I don't have any pictures from my childhood in my home.  We move so often and I don't want to lose any; so I left them with my parents when I moved away form home 17 years ago.  Melissa

Favorite quote

                         

We are all alike we are all different we are all children.

 

I came across this quote when I had my CDH home and fell in love with it. I have it posted in my room on my parent board. 

 

This is a picture of my daughter and me after we attended our first Mardi Gras parade 2010 down here on the Gulf Coast.  My daughter is now 9, but I don't like my picture taken and I don't have one of when I was younger.  She is pretty much the spitting image of me so I guess it is one of me younger and one of her older.  LOL  Melissa 

Looking at it makes me sad though, she is now 11 and is almost as tall as me. 

Picture and quote

 When I was in school at the University of Cincinnati we learned about literacy charts and how it helps to develop langauge, literacy, and social skills.  This chart is easily done and can be used to extend the book or song.  I have one in my room that is about whose here today, and we go around the room changing out the names and pictures as we sing the song.  Not sure if any of you have seen this done or have used it, but it is a great way to extend the learning into other areas of the classroom.  I thought I would extend on the Brown Bear book and how we can use it in many differen ways.
The top picture shows the sentence strips that get added and taken away next to I see a_______. This got laminated and I added velcro to the back of the sentence strips and to the other sentence strip on the board.  I then used the larger pieces, like you see the duck and bear as felt board pieces for the children to use to retell the story.  I then placed additional sentence strips as seen above with books, and writing utensils in the writing center for them to write their own story.  Great way to extend Jay's book into the other areas.  

Week 2

Hello all,
Well I see that I am able to add but not see the feed for all of you.  Not sure why I cannot get the feed for everyone.  If anyone knows what I did wrong, please let me know. Jay and Paula I cannot get a feed for yours.  Melissa

Hello

Hello all, still trying to figure this out.  Melissa