This weeks blog was very emotional for me. I recently attended a vigil for children that had been abused and killed in 2011. Abuse is a terrible thing when it includes anybody, but when it is a defenseless child it brings on a number of feelings. I was sad, shocked and very ANGRY.
The three items that I have included in this weeks blog are:
The Creative Curriculum is the curriculum that we use at the agency that I work for. It is very helpful in suggesting teaching strategies and activities for making lesson plans. It also helps when setting up your classroom centers.
The NAEYC publication Young Children
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This song is about a child that was abused. Please play this video. Remember that children are a “GIFT FROM GOD”. They didn’t ask to come into this world.
Resources from coursework:
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, from http://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/dap
- NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on child abuse prevention. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.naeyc.org/files/naeyc/file/positions/ChildAbuseStand.pdf
- NAEYC. (2009). Where we stand on school readiness. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://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, fromhttp://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, from http://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.pdfNote: The following article can be found in the Walden University Library databases.
- 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, from http://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 video 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/about/
Click on “Mission/Vision” and “Guiding Principles and Beliefs” and read these statements.
Angela
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I use the Creative Curriculum in my preschool and I think it is an amazing resource. There are so many aspects to the curriculum that I am just beginning to explore. It is an amazing curriculum and resource to share, thank you! Also, I subscribe to Young Children. It is an amazing publication. I also highly recommend Teaching Young Children, also by NAEYC. This publication is directed more to what happens in the classroom and to curriculum development and activities.
The video was very powerful. It makes me think about ways to inform families about different resources and support groups where they can find what they need. Families need to know that there are not alone in tough situations. It makes me so sad to see that there are children being abused. It is hard for me even imagine someone wanting to hurt a child. It is like you said, they did not ask to be here and they are blessings. That video really gave me something to think about and explore more resources to prevent children from abuse.