During my research for a favorite quote about children is difficult because I can’t recall a favorite quote about children. There are so many quotes I have read and heard in the past and have such passion and meaning behind them that I wish I could pull from every one and post a variety of them, however I can recall a quote by Jean Marc Itard. He displayed his motivation for child development when he stated from his article “Begin with the nature of the child and his interests.”(Lieberman, L (1982) working with children the focus has always been the child. Part of my philosophy is to find out what interest the child and work on ways the child can learn based on what the child enjoys. From this course I have learned from the readings and observations of children. The observations of children opened my eyes to their world. My focus changed from the child, to the child’s domains of development to trying to achieve a better understanding of “the child’s world” and factors as to finding levels of where they stand in development. Even in my own work environment I try to find out the interests of the children in our program and work with them. Many times I find activities run smoother when the environment is child-centered and children respond well when they are involved in learning that is fun for them and now activities that are closer to their physical, social and emotional development. Finding a balance at this time is difficult. I also try to find out what interest children with special needs. However, it is not an easy task. A relationship must be built between caregiver and child. Caregivers must set time aside to observe a child in order to want to encourage or help them. These skills I will most likely take with me as I move throughout my career. I’m delighted to have experienced and learned more about child development through a different perspective. I believe I will continue to develop a passion for this field as my knowledge of children grows. I just wanted to set some time aside to send my professional Thanks! to all of my colleagues. I greatly appreciate all of the shared efforts, personal insights, stories, and positive comments throughout this course. I also want to thank each one of you who found interest in the course assignments including discussion and featured blog posts that I posted. I found other colleagues post rather exciting to read than my own. And to Dr. Kien thank you for feedback and your constant efforts to instill in me as well as my colleagues proper ways to complete assignments. (I still struggle with it) It has been a pleasure to be in an online environment to not only meet people but communicate with those in this profession that share similar passions for young children in the field of early childhood. I hope to keep in contact with most of you as I try to stay on this path of learning. I was also excited to read familiar names of colleagues that shared the previous class with me hope to see everyone in future courses.I wish for everyone to continue to stay encouraged and motivated in our field of study.
Lieberman, L. M. (1982). Itard: The Great Problem Solver. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 15(9), Retrieved from EBSCOhost.
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