UNESCO

I never got a reply back from the international people that I tried to talk with. I visited the site UNESCO and found it was very interesting. I really liked that I could pick any country I wanted to look at and see what is going on in their country. The first thing I liked was that when you pushed on education, it gave you a bunch of different options on educational things to look at. I really liked that on the side it gave you different options like "Literacy for all" "Teachers" and another interesting one was "Women and Girls Education". Another awesome thing I saw was that it showed how to help children with two languages and how the teacher can help the child be successful. I think this is very insightful because a lot of people are now coming over from their countries to USA and the teachers are struggling to help the kids who dont know our language. The next thing I found insightful was the "theme" part of the website. It gave a bunch of different options to show things happening in different countries, and gave news about whats happening in different countries. I think this is very insightful because teachers can go on this website and read about what the other countries are doing for certain holidays for tragic events. The last thing I found insightful was there is a "resource" section. This section allows you to watch videos of the other countries ways of teachings and it really gives you a sense of their culture. Understanding your students culture is very important, and allows you to understand where they are coming from when they are doing something in your class you dont understand.


http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/

learning more about zerotothree.org

I pushed on a button that says "Find it Fast" and all of these different subjects came up. I decided to push on "Reflective Practice and Program Development" because it kind of has to do with our topic this week. We need more state funded early childhood programs for the less fortunate. The article on the website said "Over the past decade the science related to developing and identifying evidence-based programs and practices for children and families has improved significantly. However, the science related to implementing these programs in early childhood settings has lagged far behind." (zerotothree.org) It is sad that we can think of the good things to do for these children but when it comes to action nothing really ever gets done.
It talks about helping the programs and what we need to start doing to get things moving for our programs and the less fortunate children. "Sustainability planning and activities need to be an active component from the initial stages of implementation. To sustain an initiative, both financial and programmatic sustainability are required. Financial sustainability involves ensuring that the funding streams for the new practice are established, reliable, and adequate." (Active Frameworks for Program Success 2012)

harvard article

The Harvard website had a lot of great stuff to look at. I liked that it had a bunch of different countries on it and we got to learn more about their culture and education. It talks about the three strategic areas and they are "reframing the discourse of health development, supporting innovative research, and building leadership in the early childhood field." I think all of these things are very important to have in the early childhood field because it helps our field grow stronger and get more support for our students.

The equity in this is that people are helping the early childhood field and supporting and creating the programs for these kids with low income housing or difficult cultures that dont have the money to have a good education. The funding and support from the government and other people is starting to help our programs and especially help the children with special needs.



http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/activities/global_initiative/

zerotothree.org

The section I found most interesting and very relevant to my classroom is the challenging behaviors and how to have the children listen to me. I have a few kids in my class who will do whatever they want no matter what I say to them. The section talks about the children at the 3 year old level dont know how to really express themselves so they act out. The section says to talk with them about how they feel and to give them the words to understand how they feel. The issues that come up again with the politicians and scientists is that there arent enough supports to help the children who arent just acting out and are going through tough homelifes. The new issues and trends that I have gained insight on was how to deal with the challenging behaviors and what to do about them.

http://www.zerotothree.org/child-development/challenging-behavior/toddlers-and-challenging-behavior.html

international contacts

I have not heard back from my international contacts yet and the website that was given for us to use for more information while we wait to hear back from them isnt working either. I am going to just talk about the wesbite I used during the discussion, i hope that is okay!

The website I looked at was www.childrensdefense.org. It speaks about how to help the poor communities get a better education and make sure that the children make it out of their poor homes alive and well. It says that poverty levels are at an all time low.

The best thing I saw on the website was this campaign called "Protect Children not Guns". It talks about how they are trying to get people to get rid of their guns and end the violence so that children can live save and long lives. Children die from stupid gun accidents more then it should.

The insights that I gained from looking at this website is never judge a child from where they come from. Give the child the best education you can give them to allow them to succeed and get into a better lifestyle.

Educational Organization

The organization I chose to look at was www.zerotothree.org. "ZERO TO THREE is a national, nonprofit organization that provides parents, professionals and policymakers the knowledge and know-how to nurture early development" (www.zerotothree.org). I have learned from this website about healthy ways to keep your baby strong and healthy. The thing that caught my attention was the video called rally4babies. It talks about babies learning right when their born and how quickly they can learn. It was a very interesting video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQuiHyv6VrQ (rally4babies video).

early childhood international communication and organization

The steps that I took to get to talk to people from other countries was using the website http://www.naeyc.org/resources/partnership/globalalliance and I emailed one person from Australia and another person from Africa. I emailed both of them but havent gotten anything back yet. I also just did it yesterday so I am giving them a couple more days. I emailed them about if they have anyone from different countries in their classrooms and how they make them feel like they are included in the classroom as well.

The organization I looked at was zerotothree.org. So far, it looks like it will be very interesting and I hope to get great ideas for my classroom through this website.