Thank you to all the peers who took the time to visit my blog, I love reading your replies of encouragement and support. Hope to hear from you in the upcoming classes. Have a well deserve break and Happy Holidays.

Examining Code of Ethics

After reading the codes of ethics in NAEYC and DEC, I found the following to be meaningful to me:

1.1—To be familiar with the knowledge base of early

childhood care and education and to stay informed

through continuing education and training (NAEYC, 2005).

This is important to me because as professionals is our job to grow and keep educating ourselves to better serve children and families we serve. 

I-1.11—To provide all children with experiences in a

language that they know, as well as support children

in maintaining the use of their home language and in

learning English (NAEYC, 2005).

This is important to me because as a teacher I am able to serve, communicate with my Spanish speaking children and families. I am able to help them by accessing resources, translating, have somebody who they can talk in their native language, etc.

1.3—To recognize and respect the unique qualities,

abilities, and potential of each child (NAEYC, 2005).

Every child is different with their own unique ways of learning, playing, socializing, therefore as an educator is my job to observe them carefully and provide them with the best intentional teaching I can, so they can develop their skills.

Reference

 NAEYC. (2005, April). Code of ethical conduct and statement of commitment. Retrieved May 26, 2010, from

http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/PSETH05.pdf

Growing My Collection of Resources

Week 5 - EDUC 6005

Course Media: "The Resources for Early Childhood"
Five early childhood professionals discuss their preferred and trusted 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, fromhttp://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, fromhttp://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, fromhttp://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://www.fpg.unc.edu/~snapshots/snap33.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.
  Use the Academic Search Complete database, and search using the article's title.

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, fromhttp://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

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//AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home
• 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

• 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

Additional Resources

Children's Alliance

http://www.childrensalliance.org/our-current-work/early-learning-now

Colorin Colorado

http://www.colorincolorado.org/

Book

Jenson, J.M. & Fraser, M.W. (2006). Social policy for children and families: A risk and 

resilience perspective. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Book:

Coontz, S. (1997). The way we really are: Coming to terms with America's changing 

families. New York, NY: Basic Books.

Words of Inspiration and Motivation

These are quotes which I feel very passionate about"

"My passion is that all children are taught in environments that truly nurtures their growth to their fullest ability..." - Lousie Derman-Sparks

"Children who begin life healthy and acquire the skills and motivation to learn have a good chance of learning. As they grow to become contributing members of society..." -Edward Zigler

" A person is a person no matter how small" - Dr. Seus

"A teacher affects eternity, he can never tell where his influence stops" - Henry Adams

Personal Childhood Web

These are the people who one way or another were there for me as I grew up. No matter how far away from each other we were at times, there has been always a strong connection between them and myself. As I may remind my readers, I did grew up in Peru, at the age of 16 migrated to the US...These are the people I thanked from the bottom of my heart:

This is my mom. She is the one who day to day never failed to show her love for me and my sister. No matter the struggles we found ourselves in, for my mom would  never  give up. She taught me compassion, empathy for others, how to be humble, to always give from the heart, etc. I remember, what a hard worker she was, I remember how she would stay up late sewing clothes so she can go very early the next morning and sell them in the streets or the city plaza.  She will always say: I will not let you guys go hungry or undressed, I will do anything for my girls". I used to tell her that I wanted to be a teacher or a vet when I grew up, she will always say that someday my dreams will come true.

This is my cousin although we consider ourselves like brother and sister. He is three years younger than I am. We grew up in the same house. I remember, when he came home from the hospital. The rules in the house was that nobody will touch the baby without having gone through my grandma's cleaning procedures. So I would say to my mom, when is he going to walk so I can chase him and play wrestling? As he grew up we  were very close, always fighting for the little things. More often he would get me in trouble with my aunt and then my mom will come to the rescue. We will get in trouble sometimes with grandma and grandpa but because we were their only grandkids, punish would always get lifted quickly. I have much memories and anecdotes from us that it brings a smile to my face.

This is my grandma from my dad's side. She is the one who I grew up with, she is also one of the ones who took care of me specially because I was her first grandchild. I am bless to still have her in my life. I wish I can still have my grandpa  with us but we don't. Every time we are on the phone, she always has advice for me and my family. She often tells me how proud she is of me. Great woman. 

This is my aunt. She also lived in the house with us. She is my cousin's mom.  One of her stories about me is when my stayed home and babysit me while everybody was out and about doing shopping. I was two at that time, when all of the sudden she hears me cry and yell at the staircase. She ran thinking that maybe I had fallen but no, I had decided to stick my head between the two rails from the stair case, my head had gotten stuck. Not a good situation. She tried to pull my head with no  success. Luckily, my grandparents came first before my parents did. They moved my head a certain way where it just slipped out. My aunt was so glad, but she did not wanted to babysit me again. I remember her and my mom would throw the best parties for us . They would cook so much food, get pinatas, clowns, kids music, they were so much fun.

This is my dad. He loved taking us go-karting, horse riding, park, camp at the beach, watch wrestling, etc. He like my mom worked very hard in the family business. When I was young I remember, he left us to come to the US for a better future. He was gone for couple of years. I always remember the time he came back and me telling him to please not go again, holding onto his leg. No matter what was going on, he was always there for me.

Finally! I got my blog up and running...Apologize for not having it before but this is my first time doing a Blog