Robin's Early Childhood Studies Blog: SHARING WEB RESOURCES

Saturday, November 12, 2011

SHARING WEB RESOURCES

My personal opinion is that I can never have too many resources at my disposal whether it be needing answers to questions I may have, doing research for a class or work, or even just because the resource is interesting. As I stated in my post from November 3, 2011, I have been a member of NAEYC for many, many years so I decided I wanted to expand to a few organizations which are based outside of the United States. I chose the following organizations:

Early Childhood Australia: The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization

http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/

Their mission is to advocate ensuring quality, social justice and equity in all issues relating to the education and care of children from birth to eight years. This includes: The rights of children; leadership; excellence; respect; courage; honesty; openness; collaboration; diversity; justice; and social inclusion of children.

This organization drew my attention since they stand for how I personally like to work and advocate for children. I also subscribed to their newsletter - Early Childhood Australia VOICE…voice for young children.

http://www.earlychildhoodaustralia.org.au/pdf/voice/Voice1104_screen.pdf

I highly recommend looking at this newsletter as it contains so much information about a variety of issues from a number of countries. Learning about early childhood education from another country’s view is just so interesting to me. I also find it to be a significant factor to understand others’ views for, but not limited to, bringing in diversity into my own program; and keeping my own knowledge level growing in a very diverse way.

Save the Children

http://www.savethechildren.org

Save the Children is the world's leading independent organization for children. Their vision is a world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection, development and participation. Their mission is to inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

This organization drew my attention since they seem to share the same goal I have, but in a much larger scale. One of the program areas that caught my attention was their program for education and child development. One of the examples was early childhood development in Mali. This area is of interest to me since I firmly believe each and every child has the right to an education and the right to reach their full potential regardless of their race, where they live, or abilities.

I signed up for their email news updates in order to receive the latest from the field as well as stories about the girls and boys participating in their education and health programs. I will also receive reports about, but not limited to, their relief workers who feed babies struggling during hunger crises, protect children caught in the cross-fire of unrest, provide health care for AIDS orphans, teach troubled youth to read, and defend girls from exploitation.

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Janell LawrenceNovember 13, 2011 at 11:38 AM
I am finding that there are quite a few of us that chose to research the zero to three website. This is by far my favorite website that i have researched thus far, and it contains a great deal of information that is helpful to the parents and families as well as the early childhood professionals. Great Post.
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Janell LawrenceNovember 21, 2011 at 12:46 AM
You have found some really great resources and contacts. I really enjoy reading your Blog's because you are so thorough in your writing and give many specifics. Thank you for taking the time to allow us readers to really get the full picture that you are presenting in your writing.
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PERSONAL CHILDHOOD WEB

When constructing my personal childhood web I needed to remember those who contributed to a feeling of being loved, left me feeling special in some way, and cared about. This was a difficult task as my memories of my childhood, especially from the years of ten and up, were more of surviving this time instead of enjoyment.

Those individuals who did leave a positive impression in some way during the course of my early childhood and middle childhood are: my maternal step-grandfather; my mother; my father; my sister; and my mother's long-term boyfriend and father figure in later years.

My maternal step-grandfather, Monty Crytzer, was the one person in my childhood that I could always count on the keep me laughing and see the fun part of childhood. Even though we are not biologically related, I attribute my sense of humor and how I look at life to him. When times get tough, I always remember how he taught me the importance of being a kid at heart. One specific memory is of him pushing my sister and me around K-Mart in a shopping cart telling us to yell for our mom and grandmother. We had fun, they were totally embarrassed. I have many wonderful memories of my time spent with him.

My mother, Sarah, had her ups and downs as a parent. Most of my memories are not of fun times but to give her credit she did the best she could under the circumstances she found herself in during my later early childhood and middle childhood years. She took care of the basics in order for us to be healthy. She made sure we ate, had clothes, got up for school, etc... It was in the department of showing love that she had a tough time in. I always assumed she loved us but just did not know how to show it.

My father, Eddie, was a great father when we were little whenever he was around (which was not often because of work). He was very interested in technology and I credit him with my interest in all types of gizmos, gadgets, and computers of any type. The times I remember the most fondly were spent in his workroom as a young child being instructed on how to use his Ham Radio setup. Unfortunately, he slowly disappeared out of my life when I was around ten or so.

My sister, Wendy, is older than I am but we always shared a room. We were close later in early childhood and in early middle childhood due to the environment we lived in. Specific memories are painful to remember, but it was and is important that she was there when times were tough. We went through a rough time in later childhood but are now as close as ever.

My mom's long-term boyfriend, Ralph, was and still is a father figure for me. Since the age of fifteen, he has been the person who pretty much took on that role in my life. We never lived in the same house but do live only two houses apart. Aside from taking on some of the roles as father figure, he is a great listener as well as full of information that he loves to share.

There were others who had an impact as I progressed into adulthood but these are the five that came to mind for my early childhood and middle childhood. I do believe we are a product of our environment in so many ways and even though three of the five mentioned are no longer alive, the impact they had on my life is still present today.

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