
I love studying child development because it takes every single one of us back to where we became who we are. I love the raw potential that every child has before life circumstances shape them and change them. As a teacher and mother I love having the opportunity to provide an environment that nurtures that potential and values every child's individual personality, development, culture, family, and history.

One of the major reasons I love early childhood is that there are fewer years of life experiences that you have to deal with. I like working with young children that are still innocent regardless of their home life. My husband works with at risk high school students and I see how much harder he has to work to earn trust and break through built up barriers. All young children love to learn while playing, want to love, and have someone love them, it is instinctual!
I believe that all children should be given opportunities and experiences to learn at their own time. I see my role as an educator to scaffold them from things they know to things they don't. If we started assessing children's progress instead of comparing what they know and do to set standards, we could celebrate this constant growth instead of focusing on unlearned skills.
Finally, young children are just funny!
A special thanks!
I would like to say that I have enjoyed the many personal experiences and insights that everyone has offered during this course. I have learned so much from reading all of the blogs this course! I would like to give a special thanks to Kiendra Leonce for sharing so much about your home country of Barbados. I really enjoyed your blogs that gave a different cultural perspective to that of someone in the United States. I enjoy learning about education in different countries, but it is so rewarding hearing about it first hand. Thank you for sharing your perspective. I would also like to thank Tanya Meridith for your very clear and factual blog posts. Your posts were very thoughtful and informational! Thanks again to everyone and good luck in the rest of your courses!
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