"I don't think children under 2 should be watching TV, with or without their parents."
"Parents don't make mistakes because they don't care, but because they care so deeply."
DR. EDWARD ZIGLER (Head Start)
"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."
"A kid's emotions and personality are just as important as I.Q."
LOUISE DERMON-SPARKS (Professor Emeritus, Pacific Oak College, CA)
"I just always loved kids."
"I felt that everything in me was being called on to teach."
"It made me feel whole. It made me feel creative."
RAYMOND HERNANDEZ, MS Ed (Executive Director, School of Early Childhood Education, University of Southern California)
"There's more to life than just what's in their neighborhood."
"My passion comes from wanting to make a difference."
"I'm not here to save the world. I'm here to make a difference."
A favorite quote of mine for all children by A.A. MILNE. Every day SHOULD be their favorite!What day is today?
"It's today," squeaked Piglet.
"My favorite day," said Pooh.
Jean Piaget, Developmental Psychologist and Philosopher
The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what others have done.
Abraham Maslow, Theorist and Founder of Humanistic Psychology
"All of life is education and everybody is a teacher and everybody is forever a pupil."
John Holt, founder of Unschooling & Modern Homeschooling Movement
"Children come to school curious; within a few years most of that curiosity is dead, or at least silent."
"We adults destroy most of the intellectual and creative capacity of children by the things we do to them or make them do. We destroy this capacity above all by making them afraid."
Lev Vgotsky, Theorist & Developmental Psychologist
"The teacher must orient his work not on yesterday's development in the child but on tomorrow's"
M. Scott Peck, Psychiatrist & Author
"The more children know that you value them, that you consider them extraordinary people, the more willing they will be to listen to you and afford you the same esteem. And the more appropriate your teaching based on your knowledge of them, the more eager your children will be to learn from you. And the more they learn, the more extraordinary they will become."
Loris Malaguzzi, The Reggio Approach to Early Childhood
Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible."
I love the quote by Dr. Brazelton about parents' caring so deeply. When working in the field of early childhood we experience families of all types.It is always important to remember that parents are always doing their best. As my principal says, "Our parents send us their best." We should remind ourselves that the best they have are raised by the best the parents have to offer. It is our privilege to help the families of our learners to expand on their strengths as parents.
ReplyDeleteYou hit it on the nose, Caroline! Actually, I like your principal's quote... perhaps, teachers need to post that quote in their classrooms. Helping individuals become better parents is just part of our job... I certainly don't have all of the answers for parents, but together, we can make a difference.
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