Getting to know your International Contacts

I never got an answer from my contacts and I can't get any communication from the podcast, so I will have to commet on what I have learned from the podcast and the website.

From listening to my podcast, I have learned that there are many individuals who really care about children in poverty and are actually doing something about it. There are schools in California and organizations that are dedicated and designed to help children living in poverty.

According to the website these are the 3 insights I gained:

1. Over 600 million children world-wide live in absolute poverty - an estimated 1 in 4. In many countries, rates are much higher with over 60 percent of children living in households with incomes below international poverty lines. Over 10 million children under five still die every year from preventable diseases - the vast majority of them in developing countries. As one of the most powerless groups in society, children often bear the physical and emotional costs of poverty.
2. Today's poor children are all too often tomorrow's poor parents. Poverty can be passed on from generation to generation affecting the long-term health, wellbeing and productivity of families and of society as a whole. Tackling childhood poverty is therefore critical for eradicating poverty and injustice world-wide.
3. Children in poverty are often seen as one of many disadvantaged groups, all competing for resources, or they are characterised as children with special needs such as streetchildren orphans, or child workers

( items 1-3 are from http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/)

Reference
CHIP. (n.d.). Knowledge for Tackling Childhood Poverty. Retrieved from http://www.childhoodpoverty.org/

Zero to Three

Zero To Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families http://www.zerotothree.org

Zero to three has three goals they work toward: Training professionals and building networks of leaders, Influencing policies and practices, and raising public awareness of early childhood issues (zerotothree, 2012). 

 ZERO TO THREE is a national nonprofit that informs, trains and supports professionals, policymakers and parents in their efforts to improve the lives of infants and toddlers (zerotothree, 2012).

Our mission is to promote the health and development of infants and toddlers; we achieve this by translating research and knowledge—specifically information about the kinds of early experiences that help children thrive—into a range of practical tools and resources for use by the adults who influence the lives of young children (zerotothree, 2012).

We have evolved into the organization that plays a critical leadership role in promoting understanding around key issues affecting young children and their families, including child care, infant mental health, early language and literacy development, early intervention and the impact of culture on early childhood development (zerotothree, 2012).

I haven't received my newsletter, so I picked a subject from one of the subjects at the top that intrigued me.

Temperament & Behavior
Temperament describes how a child approaches and reacts to the world; it is her personal "style;" in this section you will find information and tools for tuning in to children’s temperament, a key factor in understanding their behavior and the way they interact with others(zerotothree, 2012).

I agree with this 100%. Working with children for almost 12 years, I have seem all types of temperments from them. It completely changes their environment and their view of you, when they are in this state. I believe the best thing we can do as educators is all them to have this temperment, but teach them to control what they say or do during that time. I always tell my students it's okay to be angry or mad, but it's not okay to hurt someone or yourself when you are angry or mad.

Reference
http://www.zerotothree.org

Establishing Professionals Contacts and Expanding Resources

I have tired to contact four Early Childhood Professionls from The Global Alliance of NAEYC. I had e-mailed Singapore, Netherlands which came back undelivered, then I e-mailed Dr. Eric Atmore in South Africa and San Salvador in El Salvador, but I have yet to hear back from them. I feel I am going to have to use the alternative to part one.

The early childhood organization I have choosen to study is Zero to three. I love working with young children and be able to learn about young children are around the globe intrigues me.