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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Early Childhood Contacts & Resources

In my attempt, to connect to fellow colleagues in the field Of Early Childhood Education from other countries I find it to be a bit challenging.  I have sent several emails out and several have been returned to me.  This is very disapponting I do hope to connect to some because I really do not want to the alternate activity.  I feel as though connecting with others would be more benefical.

My goal is connect with other colleagues from different countries.  If I do not hear anything back I will try to find a translator program online that  will translate my messages in their language and maybe I will have better luck in communicating with others. 

The professional organization that I keep up with regularly already is NAEYC and National Head Start Association.  I have personal memberships to both and I get their newsletters and updates on a daily basis.  I have always followed them and will continue to do so.  When I joined NAEYC, I was able to connect to local NAEYC affilates and I get newsletters from them to keep up with current happenings in my area. 

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  1. georgiafSeptember 10, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    I am facing the same challenge you are; I am still waiting for emails! The Head Start program is becoming an area of interest for me--I live in Maryland and a number of the children in my preschool program attend Head Start programs (the children come to us for morning and afternoon care. What is most interesting is the fact that few of my Latino families know a great deal about the Head Start program. I am trying to learn as much as possible to assist them, but the discussions we as a class have been having this week regarding language barriers rings a bit too true for my families. Sadly, the voucher program in the the state of Maryland is low on resources, so many families need help to maneuver through that program that they have little time to pursue education based resources. n

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  2. KvonyaSeptember 11, 2011 at 1:44 PM

    Amanda,
    I agree that I am looking forward to actually making connection with a colleague in another country. I feel that it would provide me with a sense of connection as oppose to the alternative assignment. You are right this assigment has been quite challenging to say the least anyway good luck and I look forward to hearing more from you.

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