Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 3

Getting to Know Your International Contacts-Part 3


Over the past seven weeks learned a lot of new and interesting thing about international early childhood  education.  This week learned about the children in Africa  and the early childhood care and education. " The first eight years of child's life are decisive for human  development . Yet statistics on early childhood in Africa  are appalling.

• Less than 12% African children currently have access to Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) services
• 12,000 African  children die every day under conditions that could been avoided-the equivalent of a Boeing 747 crashing every hour
• Of  the 76 % of children entering primary school each year,38% have experienced moderate or severe  malnutrition impacting on their psychomotor and cognitive development.

These ideas will help me with future goals is to become a advocate for children and families for quality center. I Also want work with politician   to  improving funding for  early childhood education. finally I want to become more involved  with issues the effect early childhood education.
References
UNESCO's "Early Childhood Care and Education" website http://unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/.

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I have been exploring the Zero to Three Website.  I followed an outside link under military family project.  I learn how Zero to Three is focus on children of military.  They have a course for military family called Duty to Care- You Make a Difference (E- Learning Course). It focus on three part  Duty to Care- You Make a Difference, Buffering the Stress of Deployment and Homecoming and Buffering the Stress of a Parent’s Injury or Death each this modules are 20 minute each. It also have section “Honoring our Babies and Toddlers” under this link is booklet for military families.  “Honoring our Babies and Toddlers” have three different booklet that exploring  issues like Supporting Young Children Affected By a Military Parent's Injury, Supporting Young Children Affected By a Military Parent's Death  and  Supporting Young Children Affected By a Military Parent's Deployment, Injury, or Death.

I also learned that April is the month for Military Child. Zero to Three has two video take support military families. Relationship Matter and You Make a Difference   both of these video give me insight on military life and how it affect the children.

I glad to see that Zero to Three website is focus on Military and their family because they need all the support they can get.

Zero to Three http://www.zerotothree.org/ 

Getting to Know Your International Contacts Parts2

Getting to Know Your International Contacts Parts2

 

I review the Harvard University website this weeks. I look over all the different program that the organization was involved. The first one the peak my interest was the Apply the Science of Early Childhood in Brazil.  The collaboration with Global Children Initiative and Nucleo Ciencia Pela Infancia and also partner with David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies.  The project is aim to use the science of child health and development to guide stronger policies and larger investment to benefits young children and their families in Brazil. Next I found and article on the Zambian Early Childhood Project this article was very interesting.  I learn that Zambian Project focus on anti –malaria initiative. I also learned that there is not cure for malaria.  In Zambia the leading cause of death is malaria and HIV is other cause of death in Zambia among children under five.( Gunther Fink, 2011).   Also there is no vacancies for malaria.  The Zambia project of anti-malaria initiative had a positive effect on children under five the mortally rate have drop to 30 percent. That good sign that project is working in Zambia.

 After review this website I am interesting in finding out more information why there is not vacancies for malaria. I also interesting see how the partner with Brazil and the Global Children Initiative is working to better children and family in Brazil.   

Harvard University’s Global Children’s Initiative. (2014). Creating a new measure of child development. Retrieved from http://developingchild.harvard.edu/index.php/faculty_and_staff/faculty/faculty_spotlights/faculty_spotlight_fink/

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I this point in my professional development is to continue focus on the children and families in my classroom. To find books that represent the children in my classroom.

 I find that Zero to three as a good website.   Now Zero to Three have app called “Let’s play”. The app have activity for children from birth to five years old. The activity are   bed and bath time, meal time and commuting just name of few the activity.  I give parents the information on the app.

The zero to three is always current with issues in the early childhood field.

 The one insight that I gain was the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Technical Assistance. Since some of co-worker go home visits every day. The information would be help for them.  I also gave me ideas to do on home visits with my parents.

Zero to Three  www.zerotothree.org

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 1

Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 1

I did hear back from Early Childhood Australia: The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization. They send me ECA Web Watch that let search for topic on their website. This week the focus was on poverty.   I look up articles on poverty in Australia from this website. I found several article but the one caught my interest was the October of 2013 issue. In Australia they had a week the focus on poverty it called Anti-Poverty week. The Benevolent Society made report on the family of Australia. They that 15 percent of children in Australia live in jobless home. They talk about the effect of poverty on these children how it will effect mental and physical health development and they are behind the peer when they start school.  The report give ways to improve the poverty for these family which included: “providing free or low-cost pre-school provision to three-year-old children experiencing significant disadvantage to ameliorate some of the negative impacts of disadvantage; providing support to families experiencing disadvantage during the prenatal period to promote the optimal development of children; provide direct services to children and families that promote the quality of the environments in which young children spend their time to ensure that parents and other caregivers relate to children in ways that protect, nourish and promote their development and wellbeing; and build whole of community, place-based, ‘collective impact’ alliances to develop and deliver a comprehensive suite of interventions that target whole communities and address both the presenting and the background needs of vulnerable families”(Pro Bono Australia News 2013) .   The new insight that I got from this is that poverty is all over the world. I like the idea that Australia   to provide family with service that can help them get out of poverty.

Pro Bono Australia News 2013  WWW.Probonoaustralia.com.au

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Save the Childrenhttp://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXGIpI4E/b.6115947/k.8D6E/Official_Site.htm
(Newsletter: http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXGIpI4E/b.6213813/k.4C6/eNewsletter_Sign_Up/apps/ka/ct/contactus.asp?c=8rKLIXMGIpI4E&b=6213813&en=kvlQJ4ORKhlQJ3MOKcINI4NSJfLZiOSJmLYL4OSJrK9JsJ )

Save the Children gives children in the United States and around the world what every child deserves – a healthy start, the opportunity to learn and protection from harm. When disaster strikes, we put children's needs first. We advocate for and achieve large-scale change for children. We save children's lives.

I chose this website because the work with children in the US and around the world. I also chose this website because the advocate for children around the world.  In March Newsletter the talk about Broken health system in Syria.  They has article  " A Devastating Toll: The Impact of Three Years of War on the Health of Syria's Children."  This article talk about the toll the war have on children and their no doctor their to help families. I found this interesting because you only hear about the war  the put a face on the war and how effect children in this country.

It good website it give information watch current issued in the US and  around the world.

 

 

 

Making Contact

Making  Contact

 

For this course we required to make contact with two early childhood professional in other countries. I contact the  Early Childhood Australia: The Australian Early Childhood Advocacy Organization. I wanted to learn more about their early Childhood education.  I Sign up for their newsletter.  Next I contact Save the Children   I just wanted to know more about what that do for children.

 

My  early childhood education focus  and have chosen to concentrate on the Zero to Three site. I worked at early head start program. This website have information the benefit me as teacher and I can give my parent information  from them