Words of Inspiration and Motivation

- Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another. John Dewey

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To me faith means not worrying. John Dewey

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- If help and salvation are to come, they can only come from the children, for the children are the makers of men.
Maria Montessori

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The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity.
Maria Montessori

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- Every child has to feel that life is worth living Lilian G. Katz, in: (Smidt, 2010).

Smidt, S. (2010). Key issues in early years education: a guide for dents.           New York: Oxon.Retrieved from http://books.google.com/books

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"We know that teachers are the key to good child care - and as long as teachers are undervalued, American children, too, will keep getting less than they deserve" Marcy Whitebook

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Personal Childhood Web

People I know who nurtured and cared about me when I was a child include; my Mother Gayle, my first grade teacher Mrs. Maxie, my Father Bob, my sister Allyson, and my Grandfather “Papa” Bob.

My mother Gayle was always there when I needed anything. She is one of four children, three girls and one boy. She read to me every night before I started school and taught me to write my name and say my alphabet. She was there when I was sick and in the hospital, taught me how to hit a ball. My mom was there for almost everything when I was little.

Bob, my dad was a work-a-holic when I was growing up with his own business on top of his full time job working in a shipyard. When I needed to have someone there to comfort me, there he was. My dad came from a hard working farming family and started working when he was eight years old and still finished high school.

Allyson, my big sister, was pretty much my live in babysitter. When I started school my mom and dad worked a lot and Ally was there to take me to baseball practice, music lessons, and classmates birthday parties.

My first grade teacher Mrs. Maxie was a great influence in my learning because she would take groups of students to her house for socials. Socials were where we could bake cookies or sit in reading groups just to communicate with each other. This interaction with other students in the class was an interesting time because the groups were always different so you interacted with all of the different students in the class.

“Papa” was the greatest person in the world to me when I was little. My Papa owned a construction company and took me everywhere he went. I do believe that is why I started in the construction field when I got older. He was a gruff old man that had a tough work ethic. Work came first, then play or anything else. When I was with him, I knew nothing bad would ever happen to me and that feeling of security was important.

Quote for Early Childhood

Childhood is that wonderful times of life when all you need to do to lose weight is take a bath.  ~Author Unknown

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Unknown, (1998, 2011). Welcome to the quote garden. Retrieved from http://www.quotegarden.com/index.html

Child's Picture

A child in the first grade that raised pigs at home, when I asked about the color of the pig, he said it was a Duroc just like his, drew this picture. Its name was “Digger”. I chose this picture because it came from the child’s hart and was personal. I loved that he shared that with me.

Child Book

My favorite children’s book is Frog is Frightened by Max Velthuijs. This book tells the story of friends living in the forest and when they go to bed one hears a noise and becomes scared, the friends all end up together supporting one another and finding out that friends are there to help each other when there is something scary to deal with. Letting children know that it is normal to be scared and having others, help in different situations is okay.