The website that I have continued to research is Zero to Three. The outside links has made me more aware of information pertaining to children’s development. The information that this website offers focuses on school readiness and the importance of education during the early years. This area of the site also has links to inform educators and families literacy, language, thinking skills, self-control and self-confidence. Each of these components contribute to a child's healthy development. The newsletter That I read focuses on honoring the youngest members of military families. Children in military families are known to be resilient especially in the face of change (zero to three). The Zero to Three organization has established an intervention that supports young children of military families by raising awareness of the strengths and needs of military families (zero to three). This newsletter targets professionals by offering professional development opportunities to work with children who have parents that are in the military. This website has a lot of information that relates to equity because there are many topics presented that educates families and professionals about ways that they can educate children. This website allowed me to be more aware of equity because it has information about the importance of children receiving early education and how they thrive later in life. In my opinion the equity of responsiveness can be eliminated because this website allows parents to become knowledgeable about early experiences that children should have to reach their fullest potential. While exploring this website I learned that children learn from birth and continue to learn and grow for the remainder of their life. Children who are not exposed to early high-quality education tend to suffer the most during their school years. When children have care givers around them that imitate behaviors and offer new experiences in their learning environment they are able to thrive. These new experiences do not have to be structured activities that focus on academics because children are able to learn many things by exploring their environment, through play and imitation.
http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/funded-projects/military-families/
5 comments:
Hi Shevia,
This website is a really good resource for families with young children. I had checked this out in an earlier class and found so much interesting links and information. Glad you are finding out the same thing!
Shevia,
I also researched this website, and truly, without early exposure to high-quality education, educational foundation of young children would be grossly affected, and this is likely to continue throughout their lives. Communication is an integral part of children’s growth, and this is why parents and care givers are advised to always speak to young children, even when we think that they are too young to understand what is being said. This will introduce the children early enough to the act of speaking and would make them eager to speak by first making sound.
Shevia,
Although the article is entitled zero to three, it is still helpful to those working with children who are older than three. The information about working with families and school readiness is definitely helpful to me as a pre-k teacher.
Although the article is entitled zero to three, it is still helpful to those working with children who are older than three. The information about working with families and school readiness is definitely helpful to me as a pre-k teacher.
Hi Shevia, I enjoyed reading your post this week. You had some very interesting information included in your post that caught my attention. I visited the website again and I plan to do more research on this website as well. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful post this week.
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