“As I have moved from my first small circle to ever widening ones, I have learned that working and playing with all the different people in this early childhood field creates lifelong friendships and bonds of enjoyment, pride and meaning that are immeasurable… and that we are the shoulders that our colleagues, young and old, can stand on.”
Baby Talk
Do
you feel silly talking to
babies? Does talking really encourage language development or is it an
exercise in
futility? Do babies actually process and learn from what you say?
Research
shows that frequent verbal communication with babies is essential to
their
language and cognitive development. Essentials
for Child Development
Associates Working with Young Children has some tips
that enable
caregivers to use spoken
language with babies more effectively. To read more, click here.
Children of 2020 Is Coming
A new book will be
published by the Council in early Spring
2010. A follow-up to the popular volume, Children
of 2010 (published in 1998), this new book guides readers to
prepare for a
better tomorrow for children now, and in 2020. National leaders present
up-to-date analyses of progress and challenges in 22 topic areas
organized
around three major themes:
- Vision about how the world should be for the children of 2020.
- Current Knowledge about development and learning to guide practices,
- Strategies that best facilitate good outcomes for children.
The importance of excellence, equity, and leadership in our multicultural democracy is emphasized. Children of 2020 is co-edited by Valora Washington and JD Andrews. CounciLINK readers will receive special notice of purchase information prior to publication availability.
