NAEYC and Dec Code of Ethics

Respecting children for their indiviualization is part of being a teacher. 
NAEYC Ethical Responsibilities to Children, Ideals, 1-1.3---To recognize and respct the unique qualities, abilities, and potential of each child.  I posted to week 7's blog assignment and felt this picture was a true example of how we must respect the children we teach.  Check out my NAEYC and DEC posting!!!

Course Resources

Hello to everyone.  I have added a new page to my blog that has valuable resources for students, parents, and teachers.  I added 3 resources of my own and I hope you find them to be resourcesful.  I am posting just my resources, but you can find the resources from week 5 also on my blog.  Have a great week everyone. 

Reading and finding the resources to build your knowledge in Early Childhood is vital to keeping up with new research and fundamental ideas to help you better understand children. The following are three books that I read while attending the University of Cincinnati. I found them all very easy to read and full of information that has helped me in the classroom and with trainings that I hold.

Jones, E., & Reynolds, G. (1992). The Play's the thing... Teachers' roles in children's play. New York, NY:Teachers College Press.

This book shows how children learn through play and how the learning environment we create for them is key to helping them learn. The book also shows us how we are as teachers. If we are players, mediators, stagemanager or if we interrup the play. It is a good representation of how all teachers teach, but it also shows us how to improve our learning environment for all the children.

Gopnik, A., Meltzoff, N., & Kuhl, P. The scientist in the crib: What early learning tells us about the mind.New York, NY:HarperCollins Publishers. Inc.

This book is so amazing to read. I never thought about how infants develop their minds by first using their hands, eyes, legs, and their environment. We know that is how they learn, but really understanding how this happens and how we can help them is important.

Paley, V., (1990). The boy who would be a helicoper: the uses of storyteling in the classroom. Cambridge, Massachusetts:Harvard University Press.

This is a wonderful book that helps you to understand how not all children relay information to others in the same way. When we truly watch and listen to children we see that they all tell their stories differently. This book demonstrates how one particular boy tells his story and it is a bit difficult to understand, but once you get started it becomes easier and you can't put it down.