Saturday, November 26, 2011

Inspiring Words from Present Early Childhood Professionals

"If you don't like the way the word is, you have an obligation to change it. Just do it one step at a time."
-Marian Wright Edelman. (n.d.). In Wikipedia. Retrieved November 26, 2011, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marian_Wright_Edelman

"We now have scientific evidence to support a belief that many of us have held for a long time: That children's environment of relationships in the first years of their lives shape the architecture of their brains, influencing their abilities long into adulthood."
 -Whitebrook Ph.D., Marcy (2010, April 26). [2020 Vision for the Early Learning Workforce speech]. Speech presented at Early Learning Tour, Denver, Colorado. [Transcript]. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/earlylearning/denver-whitebook-speech.pdf

"And when I think about passion as a person, I also embrace who I am, who I am as a woman, who I am as a Latina leader, and what my family has taught me."
-Leticia Lara, LSSW, Regional Manager for Outreach and Professional Development, ZERO TO THREE

"I think, like I've said before, and I truly believe that I'm not here to save the world. I'm here to make a difference in the community I am working."
-Raymond Hernandez., MS Ed., Executive Director of the School of Early Childhood Education, University of Southern California
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 27, 2011 at 11:46 PM

    Hi Deastiny,
    I truly do love your blog. From the background to the information provided, it is obvious and one can easily tell you're passionate about this. I love the quote you chose from Marian Wright Edelman, which I think I mentioned this in our class disussion, as well. Reminds me of a famous quote from Ghandi (that perhaps I should've used on my own blog) "Be the change you want to see in the world". Good luck to you!

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  2. AnonymousDecember 4, 2011 at 6:39 PM

    Hi Des,
    I wanted to comment on your resources, because quite honestly I like your placement of the list. It wraps up your blog and makes it easy to follow, good job.

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  3. Cassie RunckelDecember 5, 2011 at 10:06 PM

    Thank you for sharing the additional resources below, smartstart-nc.org & earlychildhoodnews.com. I will add smartstart to my desktop at work, that one is new to me, and I had forgotten about earlychildhoodnews-there is some good stuff on that site also.

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  4. Sara GazzazDecember 24, 2011 at 12:55 PM

    To comment on ur overall blog: I LOVE IT!! You're creative in ur writings and in ur display! wish u all the best!
    Sara Gazzaz (Walden)
    http://saragazzaz.wordpress.com/

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