Teresa Herbert

This quote by Ann Landers resonates with me because it speaks to the essential aspects of early childhood education.  The part of the quote, “It is not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves,” emphasizes the idea that parents are children’s first teachers.  When parents and/or caregivers are instructing children about life, the children can learn from what adults are telling them so they can learn how to become independent.  The more independent children become, the easier it is for them to transition from early childhood to adolescence to adulthood.  The same passing of knowledge and information can also be done when teachers in the classroom.  Teachers are giving children a foundation of knowledge so that the children can build upon it and carry it with them and as they continue throughout their educational journeys.  Comments Lester, thank you for contributing to the class, for I really enjoyed reading a...

Children are always given assessments to determine where they are in their own cognitive development, social development, physical development, and emotional development, but from a cognitive perspective, this is typically done through standardized testing.  The flaw with standardized testing is that it does not accurately measure a child’s intelligence because it is an affirmation of how well he or she can regurgitate information.  Maybe a suggestion would be to assess children from a creative perspective.  For example, for emotional assessment, maybe a child can draw and/or paint his or her emotions, and the clearer the picture, the more likely the child is able to articulate his or her thoughts.  This possible assessment would enable a child to express his or her feelings as nonverbal communication, and the child is able to draw from his or her imagination.  This could be beneficial for children because creativity is normal for them.  Also, a way to ass...