For our final week of the Early Childhood Development class, we are to post at least one quote about children to our blogs. I have decided to gather my favorite quotes, which I have connected with the most from the multimedia presentations and DVD we have viewed throughout this course and post them below. Each of these quotes is chosen because it has some special meaning to me, it is something I strongly believe in or agree with, or it is something I have witnessed in my own experiences or in my observations I made throughout this course. I have always been someone who enjoys gathering resources and quotes to read, share, and relate to. This is yet another piece dedicated to this hobby of mine, that just happens to count towards my class. Lucky me! :)
Enjoy the quotes! I hope they make you ponder and connect as I have...
"Pay less attention to what the children said and more attention to what they did." -- Dr. Alison Gopnik
"More than any other skill, the emergence of language signals the end of infancy and the beginning of childhood." -- Worth Publishers (2002) - DVD
"Children who are most sociable, most involved and engaged in other people are the ones who are doing the most pretend play and having imaginary companions." --Dr. Alison Gopnik
"A lot of children's pretend play is related to their understanding of other people." -- Dr. Alison Gopnik
"It's a cliche but a true cliche; children are our future. Children are going to continue. Children are going to change and this is reflected in the fact that we have this very deep profound love." -- Dr. Alison Gopnik
"Careful observation is essential to understanding child development." -- Laureate Education, Inc.
"Observation is one of the most important skills a caregiver can develop." -- Janet Gonzalez-Mena
"Let the child be the teacher." -- Magda Gerber
"Children need adults who are looking after them, who are making relationships with them." -- Mo Kelly
"You're never too young for early literacy." -- Jane Shaw
"The interests of childhood and youth are the interests of mankind." -- Edmund Storer James
"Play is the work of childhood." -- Worth Publishers (2002) -- DVD
"We call this time of mystery and wonder the play years." -- Worth Publishers (2002) -- DVD
"You should never make assumptions about what a child can do developmentally. Get to know each and every child individually." -- Mo Kelly
"It's a time for new freedoms, new friends, and new responsibilities, a time of learning and sharing we call the school years." -- Worth Publishers (2002) -- DVD
"The most entertaining way to observe how language skills mature is to swap jokes with some school agers." -- Worth Publishers (2002) -- DVD
"The school years have exposed children to a whole new realm of friends, places, and experiences. But an even larger world is still ahead." -- Worth Publishers (2002) -- DVD
"The more social-emotional learning that they can take part in, whether it is learning empathy skills or how to work out a problem, opens up other areas of their brain to function cognitively." -- Jane Shaw
"I think one of the things that we need to remember is that everybody needs to go at their own pace, that our role as adults, whether it be parents or teachers, is just to help guide that but to let children grow and develop in a natural way." -- Mo Kelly
"We do develop at our own pace. Every child, every adult is an individual and will develop at different rates. When we look at domains again, whether its physical or social-emotional or cognitive language, someone may be a little ahead of the game physically and still be catching up cognitively." -- Jane Shaw
"I think as professionals we have to be really, really careful not to make assumptions. We're aware that there is this continuum but we're not assuming. We have to be careful not to assume anything about a child's development but to be good observers and to foster children without pushing that development. Have faith that development will occur if nurtured." -- Jane Shaw
"If children feel, whether they're 3 months old or whether they're 10 years old, if they feel that sense of belonging they are going to be able to learn, they'll be able to go to that next step." -- Mo Kelly
Hi Ashley,
ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed all of your work as usually. You are very inspiring and professional that it makes me to think about my contribution to my colleagues, students, and my family. Thank you for all your inputs, encourager, and warm words of thoughtfulness. I found your posting to stimulate growth in my education field and endeavor. As usually your quotes are inspiring and great work of yours. I pray you continue with your endeavor and path on your success.
Ashley, I enjoyed all of your quotes for each one captured the essence of child development in a different and meaningful way. Although each one is meaningful, my favorite is from Janet Gonzalez-Mena. I really like hers because as educators observation is such a special tool for us to use in studying and learning the concept of childhood.
ReplyDeleteWow! I love all the quotes that you posted. My favorite is probably "Let the child be the teacher" by Magda Gerber. We can learn so much from children if we just let ourselves be open to the idea, of letting them lead the way.
ReplyDeleteAshley, I really enjoyed working with you these last 8 weeks. Your discussions and blog post have been really inspiring and I wish you the best of luck in your next classes.
Rachael
Ashley, it has been a very interesting journey. Thanks for all of the exciting quotes and the well of information I have gained reading your posts. If I were a kid I know I would enjoy your class. Thanks for being an asset to the Early Childhood Development field.
ReplyDeleteJanice 'God is Gracious'
Dear Ashley,
ReplyDeleteI love all the quotes you posted and the one that really stands out to me is "Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not." ~ Dr. Seuss
Thank you for being an inspiration!
Ana