Shanae's Blog

     These last few weeks at Walden have been great. Ive enjoyed the varied stories and experiences from my colleagues. I have acquired knowledge from  many things  including articles, Dr. Dartt, and the media presentations. I have also gained a little more knowledge about the APA format (although, that is a work in progress).       I just want to thank every one for making this new beginning such a wonderful experience. Hearing life stories from so many of you and getting feedback, has made this journey more pleasurable, as well as insightful. I wish all of my classmates much success. I hope to have future courses with you all so that we can collaborate and grow even further.

Code of ethics NAEYC code of ethics I-1.1—To be familiar with the knowledge base of early childhood care and education and to stay informed through continuing education and training. This ideal is important to me because I wasn’t to be up to date on the latest information, research and findings in early childhood education. This ideal will be ongoing portion of my professional life because I would always strive to provide quality care and education to the children that I teach. P-1.1—Above all, we shall not harm children. We shall not participate in practices that are emotionally damaging, physically harmful, disrespectful, degrading, dangerous, exploitative, or intimidating to children. This principle has precedence over all others in this Code . This principle of the code of ethics is very important to me, because we as educators (or anyone else for that matter) should never harm or exploit a child in any way. This principle is a part of my professional life beca...

Additional Resources http://www.int-jecse.net/ - International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education http://www.srcd.org/ -Society for Research in Child Development http://journals.sagepub.com/toc/jeib/current - Journal of Early Intervention Course Resources 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/posi...

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."- Maria Montessori " Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves. "- Maria Montessori "Play is the highest expression of human development in childhood for it alone is the free expression of what is in a child's soul."- Friedrich Froebel "... I had a built in passion, that it was important to make a real contribution in the world and to fix all the injustices that existed in the world and I wanted to do that through teaching."- Louise Derman-Sparks "...seeing how involved my parents were, it made me want to be involved in general." -Sandy Escobido - (motivation for involvement in the field of education) "...my passion comes from- a lot of it is intrinsic motivation that I have for the work that I do. Everyday, I go to w...