Birthing Experiences

Though I do not have any children, I have experienced a birth with a close friend. During the birth of her child we sat with her through cotractions until it was delivery time. After delivery we were able to visit  again.  I chose this experience because I was there throughout the whole process.

I researched traditional African births and found that most women give birth alone or with a doula but still secluded from the rest of the tribe.  The difference I found is that these women take pride in facing the pains of birth but most American women prefer use of pain medicines as well as giving birth in hospitals rather than home births.

The end ...

These eight weeks have be challenging in many ways, but as at Student at Walden I have grown.  This is partially due to this blog and making connections to others in the class.   I wish everyone best of luck!

Code of Ethics

This week we were assigned as resources code of ethics from DEC and NAEYC, with the task of choosing three ideals that we feel are important. 

From DEC:

We shall demonstrate our respect and appreciation for all families’ beliefs, values, customs, 

languages, and culture relative to their nurturance and support of their children toward achieving 

meaningful and relevant priorities and outcomes families’ desire for themselves and their children. 

This is a very important part of an educator job.  Understanding the family and their beliefs provides the ideals that the professional should want to help that child achieve.  As a teacher I always want to communicate with the family and make sure we are all working together to help the child reach their full potential in all aspects development.

From NAEYC

I-1.2—To base program practices upon current knowledge and research in the field of early childhood

education, child development, and related disciplines,

as well as on particular knowledge of each child.

As a professional we have a responsibility to provide each child with the best care we can and to do this you must maintain knowledge of the field and practices.  By knowing each child, you know exactly what that child needs and then can assess how to help the child. Every child deserves the highest quality of care.

I-4.6—To promote knowledge and understanding of

young children and their needs. To work toward

greater societal acknowledgment of children’s rights

and greater social acceptance of responsibility for the

well-being of all children.

Many people are unaware just how important early childhood education is or they view childcare facilities as a place where children play all day long.  And yes children do learn from play but it as a early childhood professional we must advocate for the children so they can receive services and education they need.  It is important to me to support the efforts raising awareness for early childhood education.

As a teacher I find many resources helpful including the few I'm sharing with you!


http://www.earlychildhoodeducation.com/

http://www.earlychildhoodnews.com/earlychildhood/articles.aspx?ArticleID=282

My kids love stories....try this for stories read by actors and also provides lesson plan ideas to accompany!
http://www.storylineonline.net

I use this site for craft/lesson ideas http://www.dltk-kids.com/

Enjoy!