"My Supports"

My family is a big support for me. My family I can say is the best family I have ran across, I can say that because I have seen the interactions between my friends and their family members and you would think that they where strangers. My family is very supportive of everything that we choose to do just as long as we are happy and not hurting ourselves or anybody else. My family is always quick to help whenever any of us needs help. I love when we get together and hang out as a family.

My challenge would be if my family was gone or if I didn't have a good relationship with them. It would be very difficult for me if I did not talk to my family because they are always there when I need them and I would have no one else to turn to or talk to about things that I need help with.

My Connections To Play

Quotes:
" It's better to play than do nothing" (Confucius)


"Play is the beginning of knowledge" (Anonymous)




The things that I was connected to where my play kitchen and legos, I loved to pretend play and I also liked building things.(not my actual kitchen or legos....lol)

 

 

 

 

 

 

My cousin supported my play because she was the one that always played with me. I would love when she came over we would be in my kitchen all night and after that we would pretend like we where building towers and all kinds of things.

 

 

 

My feelings on play today is that it very different then it was when I was younger. The difference is that technology is a lot more advanced, we didn't have I-pad or Xbox's we where not afraid to go outside and play in the dirt. Just last week my two year old said she wanted an I-pad for her birthday....lol, technology is everywhere.

 

 

 



Relationship Reflection

Relationships are important to me because they help me function so to speck, especially when the relationship is positive. The most important relationship to me is the one that I have with my family members, no one family member in particular my family is pretty close nit. My family is a very big deal to me they are always there when I need them and sometimes when I don't, but they are so loved by me. I think that in order to maintain the positive relationships that I have with my family is to keep the lines of communication open and to be open and honest with each other.  Another important relationship is the one that I have with my daughter, even though she is young I hope to keep the loving relationship that we have. All in all I really love my family and I am very blessed to have the family that I do.

Favorite Book

The childen book that I love is Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess. I love this book because it teaches children not to judge something by the way it looks. It teaches them to try new things you never know you may like it!!

Personal Childhood Web

I have three individuals that have had a great influence on my life:

Bessie Adams(grandmother)

Rosalind Gunnells(mother)

Linda Gunnells(aunt)

These three individuals have helped me out in different ways.

My grandmother, many say that the grandmother’s are the rock of the family their the ones that keep the family together, well my grandmother is one of those grandmother’s. During my whole life I can remember my grandmother always being there, she was there when I was born I would always be over her house she would take care of us when my mom was in school and me and my brother would alwyas be around her. She would tell me all the time I could do whatever I wanted and be whatever I wanted to be and when I got old enough to actually realized that she was in my corner I knew that I could do anything that I set my mind to she  and for that I will be forever grateful!!

 My mother was always the number one person in my life besides my grandmother they kinda shared the title. My mother helped me all though school and when I got to college my mom got sick and I was thinking about quiting school so I could take care of her, but she told me no to finish because she wanted to be there for my college graduation, she never made it to my graduation but she was always in the front of my mind during my last semester of college. Eventhough it was hard that last semester I made a promise that I would finish and I did. She keep me going when I wanted to quit and I will forever love her!!

My aunt well what can I say about her she’s great!! She is the nurturing type and when my mom past she was there like much of my other family,but she was at the four front, She looked out for my brother and I. She made sure I got back to finish my last semester of school she treated me like one of her own and made sure that I finished school like I had promised.

I can truly say that I have a great family and they all  have and still are very supportive I love my whole family!!!

I'm Inspired

“When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.”
-William(Bill) J. Clinton

“I have long believed that the development of a child does not begin the day he is born-or at age three-but much earlier during the formative years of his parents.”
-Dr. Edward Zigler

” I had a built in passion that it was important to make a real contribution to the world to fix all the injustices.”
-Louise Dernam Sparks-

” We have an opportunity to shape a childs future for the better.”
-Sandy Escobido”-

Resources

• 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, 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, 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, from http://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
  Note: 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.

Resources For Children’s Rights:
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 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.
• Early Childhood Resources:
• • 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/
• Three Additional Book Resources:
• I Love You Rituals by Dr. Becky Bailey
• What To Do When Your Child Gets Sick by Gloria Mayer, RN & Ann Kuklierus, RN
• Simple Steps by Karen Miller