1. I have been exploring the zero to three website. I followed an outside link under the maltreatment section. It lead me to The National Child Traumatic Stress Network. The website told about different types of trauma and gave resources.
2. I researched the area of care and education under the zero to three website. Under this section, it gave childcare and told what to look for in chilcare, transition to childcare. It also mentioned care from family, friends, and neighbors. The section I explored more in depth was on school readiness interactive birth to 3. This was a tool that was designed to support children's early learning. It give age based information about how children develop four skills that are important for school readiness. These included language, litteracy skills, self confidence, and self control. This part let you choose an age group and read about how to develop school readiness skills, how parents and caregivers can nurture and support school readiness skills, and also gave videos, activities, and answered frequently asked questions.
3. I think I signed up to recieve the zero to three newsletter but have not recieved the newsletter yet.
4. The website added to my information about equity and excellence. The website mentioned under the care and education tab that all childcare arrangements can lead to high quality, individualized, responsive, stimulating experiences that occur within the context of strong relationships imbedded in every day routines. I feel that although all realtionships have the potentional to be high quality, not all realtionships are posible of high quality care. The main thing that came to my mind was in care settings that the children were being mistreated or exposed to trauma.
5. Other insights I had this week: If a child is interested and involved in an activity, the child is learning. Activities that push children to read and write words don't help their development or make them do better in school. Can make children feel like failures when they are pushed to do something they don't enjoy or that is beyond their skills.
Refernces:
www.zerotothree.org
Crystal,
ReplyDeleteI is very refreshing that you chose the zero to three website. So many of us chose NAEYC (me included). It is so nice to read about something different. I like how you are able to put in the age group that you want to read about on this site. Currently in my job as an Early Intervention Specialist I find it difficult to find information about children who are under age three. I will check out the zero to three website from now on to look for information. Thanks for sharing-Jolene Hernandez-Romero
I am glad the site has a resource which tells parents what o look for in a childcare center. When we tour a family at our school we are very thorough in explaining what we feel adds to the quality of our centers but many parents would not know where to start in asking questions if we had not begin the conversation. I love it when a family comes in with a checklist or notes on what to ask.It adds to our enrollment when they see we have ready answers and can meet their criteria.
ReplyDeleteCrystal
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jennifer. It is good to have the ability to inform parents or educate them about quality childcare. I choose to do the zero to three website and I found some very valuable information. This site provide information for educator, parents, administrators or anyone who is interested in learning more information about early childcare.
Crystal,
ReplyDeleteI also chose the Zero to Three website. I signed up for their e-newsletter as well but have not received one. I have been able to receive more information from them by liking them on my Facebook page. I am getting useful information that they post all the time and sharing some interesting things with my friends. Maybe this is a good tool for you as well. I find this sight very helpful and has a lot of topics and information covered.
Crystal,
ReplyDeleteZero to Three is a great website to retrieve information on children's developmental area. It also provides important information on other topics. The information on school readiness can be very valuable and beneficial to many families. I agree with you when you say that all relationships have the potential to be high quality. We need to develop strong and deep relationships with children and their parents if we want to make this happen.
Hi Crystal ,
ReplyDeleteZero to Three is great website that provide good information of children development area. Is have good topic for families. the maltreatment section have a lot of good topic to researcher. Thank you for sharing