www.naeyc.org – Early Math Counts

Yesterday was “Worthy Wage Day”

Early Math Counts — Fri, 02 May 2014 11:53:27 +0000

Every day should be “Worthy Wage Day” but in fact, yesterday really was. It is the one day of the year when we honor the work of the early childhood care provider and recognize wage discrepancies in the field. It is the day we remember that people who are called to this work, don’t do it for the money; they do it because they are passionate about it and want to spend their lives working in the service of children and families.

Check it out here.

Saying Goodbye

Early Math Counts — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 18:03:29 +0000

This time of the year we are reminded that life is filled with hellos and goodbyes, with going away and coming back. Young children do not have enough experience in and with the world to be completely sure that the people who love them always come back. It may take years for some children to feel confident that their “grown-ups” will always come back. This article from NAEYC provides some nice insights into the separation process.

Check it out.

PS. Dropping off children is not easy for parents either and I am learning that it doesn’t really get easier as they grow up.

www.naeyc.org

Early Math Counts — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 11:00:54 +0000

Since we looked at the NAEYC Standards yesterday, I thought we could explore the NAEYC website today. If you are not familiar with NAEYC as an organization, the website can help you navigate all that it has to offer early childhood professionals, adult educators, and child and family advocates.

Sometimes, I feel as though our field is filled with lingo and acronyms that I can’t always keep up with. The first acronym that everyone learns when studying early childhood care and education or development is NAEYC. We toss it around like a football, but how many of us know all that it has to offer?

NAEYC accredits programs for young children through an extensive and rigorous self-study, data gathering and dissemination that ultimately arrives at a site visit which will decide whether the program will achieve accreditation or not. Click here to see the process for accreditation. NAEYC also accredits Associate Degree programs (I was lucky enough to be involved in the Harold Washington College self-study and accreditation process in 2007 which resulted in our attainment of accreditation). Click here to learn more about that process.

NAEYC has its own publishing house which publishes an extensive line of books, videos, brochures and posters. Click here to see what NAEYC publishing has to offer. You may have also seen the journal “Young Children” which is the peer-reviewed professional journal published by NAEYC.

NAEYC has a lot to offer us. Take a look around and let us know what you think.