On the NAEYC website,
I decided to search the link titled "For Families", and I found a
wealth of information. On the home page of the NAEYC for families, there is a
newsletter families can subscribe to, there are topics featured for 'families
today', there is a book featured, and there are links on various learning and development
issues. Also on their home page are links for families to look for NAEYC
accredited programs, and general guidelines regarding what to look for in
programs. The word quality is seen repeatedly.
I found this link
very much in line with our current studies of excellence and equity. NAEYC
seems to define high quality, with guidance for parents and equal opportunity
for anyone navigating their website.
I also found several
articles featured for parents regarding school readiness, so I feel that it is
a hot topic for the NAEYC. It is tackled from various aspects, but with a clear
goal of preparing parents so that they can help their children succeed in
school. There is a blog for parents which can be accessed through the For Families
site, and lastly I was thrilled to see that they had a link for music.
It is obvious to me
that the use of Spanish is being promoted by the NAEYC, and so they are setting
an example for programs and professionals in the field. This is a great effort
that addresses the barrier of responsiveness that we studied this week. Even in
the music link, Ella Jenkins songs are featured and one out of the three has
Spanish incorporated, and the second out of three has French incorporated. I
found those fabulous ways to promote additional languages.
On the NAEYC home webpage
there is the link to their annual conference. That webpage has listings of all
the sessions during the conference, with details of each one. It is incredibly
organized and thorough. There are several sessions that address the bilingualism
issue, which is directly related to the responsiveness barrier, once again.
After another fun
and interesting exploration of the NAEYC website, I found that they emphasize
school readiness, play and nature play, reading, languages other than English
and quality of early childhood programs. Most of which are issues we have
studied over the past few weeks.
Wow! Its almost as if we wrote the same post. I follow the same blog as you and found many of the same things to be true. I did look a the National conference and all of the school readiness. We were twin souls it seems in this regard.
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ReplyDeleteI also chose NAEYC as my resource center. I also enjoy the fact that there is a strong emphasis on issues that are of extreme importance for both parents and teachers. It is very obvious that children are at the heart of everything on their website. I found many articles related to the issue of equity and I read about many projects that have been in place in order to support parent`s access as well as participation in their children`s education, Quite an uplifting website.
Ana
I think it is great the NAEYC website has some much information, especially for the families. I think sometimes families do not know where to go to find information or answers to the questions they have so I think having that link on the NAEYC website is another great resource families can go to for information.
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