Saturday, July 27, 2019




“I think it is important to we have a built- in passion to make a real contribution in the world. 
Louise Derman-Sparks  

“We as professionals in the early childhood field have the opportunity to shape a child's life for the better.” 
Sandy Escobido 


“This is the richest, most powerful country which ever occupied this globe. The might of past empires is little compared to ours. But I do not want to be the President who built empires, or sought grandeur, or extended dominion. I want to be the President who educated young children to the wonders of their world.” 

Lyndon B. Johnson 

"Cultivate the habit of speaking to children as people—people with minds—usually lively ones. Appeal to their good sense. It is not necessary to be sweet, silly, or sentimental at one extreme, or somber, grim, or harsh at the other. Let us be genuine, direct, honest, serious, and warm with them, and about them—and sometimes humorous too. "
Lilian Katz
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Sunday, July 14, 2019

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”
  — Margaret Mead, cultural anthropologist





"Have You Filled a Bucket Today? A Guide to Daily Happiness for Kids"
By Carol McCloud

I enjoy this book because it is not just for children, it is a book that adults can take away something from as well. It promotes a positive mindset that we all can benefit from in our daily lives.





Sunday, July 7, 2019

The Journey


The Journey 



 I am proud to take my education to another level which is the same feeling I get when I am able to share a token of what I know with a child.There is nothing better than the look in a child's eye or the smile on their face when they have grasp what is being taught to them. Experiencing that kind of excitement just does not get old to me. It has taken me some time to get to this point in my lovely life journey. I must say that my emotions have been all over the place however, there is nothing I would change about it.

Personal Childhood Web

I have such a long list of people who have made a great impact on my life as a child. My mother is 1 of 10 children and my father is 1 of 12. However, the five people I must name are my mom, my father, my granny, my little brother Kelvin and my English teacher Mrs. Wells. For my mothers' family I am the oldest grandchild. That is a interesting role to have. Everyone looks to you for your first everything. Everyone wants to show you so much and it has all been useful at some point in my life. My aunts and uncles on both sides taught me a great deal. If I were to sum it up I would say that it equated to love and happiness. I was given so much love and support and as I got older I got better with being able to demonstrate the same love and support. My happiness was genuinely their happiness. From cooking to fishing to picking cotton I got to experience the things I encountered in my life by my choice.
My granny was and is my nurse, my ear, my box of all things good.
My brother was my first responsibility and confidant. I value the bond that was created between he and I.
I can say that every teacher that I had growing up had a positive impact on my life as well. My English teacher Mrs. Wells more so as she had been around to teach a few of my aunts and uncles. From the moment she discovered who my family was it became an automatic expectation of hers that I set an example with the others around me in how to speak and carry oneself. This is still something I feel I carry with me today.