A Note of Professional Thanks

I would like to thank all my colleagues for their support during these eight weeks.  I have really enjoyed reading you all blogs and discussion within the past weeks.  This has been a great journey for me and my knowledge from this experience has sharpened in some many aspects.  By the responses given to me during this course, it has really helped me to stay on task and to exchange vital information that was useful and needed.  Not only that, you all made me feel welcome in so many ways, especially when I didn’t understand certain parts of the assignment.  I would like to give a special thanks to Dr. Myers and the Walden University for allowing this to be possible.  

I wish everyone well as they continue their education and continue to obtain more information that will allow them to prosper in the near future with the intent that you all have set in your mind to do after your accomplishments.

Thanks again and I wish you all the best!

What I Think of Child Development…

Focus on who the child is instead of what the child does.  Amy E. Dean, Peace of Mind

What children expect from grownups is not to be ‘understood’, but only to be loved, even though this love may be expressed clumsily or in sternness. Intimacy does not exist between generations – only trust.
~Carl Zucker

Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it.  ~Harold Hulbert

“Children learn as they play. Most importantly, in play children learn how to learn.” ~ O. Fred Donaldson (martial arts master)

"Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read."
- Marilyn Jager Adams

Self-esteem is the real magic wand that can form a child’s future. A child’s self-esteem affects every area of her existence, from friends she chooses, to how well she does academically in school, to what kind of job she gets, to even the person she chooses to marry. Stephanie Martson, The Magic of Encouragement

Resources
http://www.soundoflife.net/childhood-quotes/

http://www.quotegarden.com/children.html

http://www.childsplaymagazine.com/Quotes/index.htm

http://www.successdegrees.com/inspirationalquotesaboutearlychildhoodeducationandteaching.html

http://www.inspirationalquotes4u.com/quotesaboutchildren/index.html

Testing for Intelligence

Considering a commitment to viewing young children holistically (i.e., a commitment to “the whole child”), what, if anything, do you believe should be measured or assessed? Explain your reasoning.  I believe that if you are looking at the child as a whole, you need to look at how the child learns and what the child knows. If you understand how a child is learning and developing, it will help you better understand the child.  All children learn at a certain pace.  I have noticed a gap in learning. I have some children who act out and who will not sit for the circle time or activities. When I focus with them one on one, they are able to answer the questions and complete the project. They will respond faster and even can expand upon what they were told.

In what ways are school-age children assessed in other parts of the world? (Choose a country or region of the world for which you have a personal affinity.) In Japan an assessment for education was relied upon each members of the household according to their financial status and the household without children was also reliable.  Only the children that were six years old to about thirteen had to attend school.

What additional ideas, comments, suggestions, examples, and/or concerns related to assessing young children would you like to share with your colleagues? The concern that I have about assessment is “are they justice”.  However, when assessing children, everything needs to be a factor including culture and if that child received equal amount of education and if they are prepared to do the assignment given.

CHAPTER 1   EDUCATION DURING THE LATE EDO AND EARLY MEIJI PERIODS 2 the Educational Policy of the New Meiji Government (9) the Establishment of Elementary Schools and New Country Schools

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