Throughout the Global Perspectives of Early Childhood Development Course, two factors that I gained knowledge on that I would like to share are Early Childhood Programs and Parental Involvement. The first picture I chose represents healthy and happy children. Children should always be exposed to positive environments that center around enrichment activities, group activities, and most of all love. Every educational program, whether it is based on Early Childhood, should focus on positive environments that create happiness within children. That brings me to the next picture, the love picture speaks for itself. Parents, guardians, educators, administrators, program directors, should all strive to show love to all their students. Whatever a child's need may be, all of these individuals should work together to meet those needs on an academic, physical, social, and emotional level. This coincides with the quote, "your children know you love them by your presence, not your presents." This quote sums it all up, the presence of people that love children and make positive impacts in their lives remains embedded in a child's self-conscience nature for a lifetime and helps to shape their self-image. Currently in the media, news broadcasts have been highlighting whether children are receiving quality education and if teachers are highly qualified for particular areas; this is most likely going to be one of the greatest concerns in the 2013-2014 school year that determine the best teachers for the job. Recently, two colleges in Mississippi were rated as having the best education programs in the state, and many others were said to have poor educator training programs; thank goodness, my college has was one of the top two programs in the state. Ways of improving educational training programs in Mississippi will be the research that I will focus my attention towards throughout this Early Childhood Program. Last but not least, I would like to thank my colleagues for a job well done in group collaboration work and it was nice meeting you all, hope to see you in future classes.
