Say it with me now...ECE Quality!
The tail end of my Head Start experience included the task of evaluating programs for effectiveness (Forbes, personal communication,...
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- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
The National Center for Children in Poverty
The National Center for Children in Poverty: http://www.nccp.org/publications/pub_1194.html A focused, multifaceted war has been...
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Compassion Compass
- Jul 26, 2020
- 2 min
Diverse Families Facing Adverse Scenarios
In describing a child's journey to self-realization, Gonzalez-Mena, and Eyer (2015), relate cultural influence to potential barriers and...
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Compassion Compass
- May 6, 2020
- 3 min
The Rise of SuperKid!
If there was one thing our school-mom said that will never be forgotten, it is that as an educator and caregiver of young children and...
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Compassion Compass
- May 5, 2020
- 3 min
A Quick Read About Family Culture in ECE
To address family culture appropriately, it is important to exhibit flexibility as Smidt (2013, p. 85) compares it (culture) harmoniously...
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Compassion Compass
- May 4, 2020
- 4 min
Caregiver and Family Relationships: How do they effect the student experience?
The subject of family partnerships inevitably leads to a focus on the young child's relationship with the participating attachment...
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Compassion Compass
- May 3, 2020
- 3 min
A Bit More About Quality and Effectiveness in ECE Programs
The standards to which an early childhood care and education program have chosen to be accountable and the level of fidelity that is...
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Compassion Compass
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
A Brief Thought on Linguistic Competency in the Early Childhood Setting
In several years working with children aged 0-72 months, just recently has there been an experience in which English was the only...
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Compassion Compass
- Apr 29, 2020
- 2 min
Quality and Effectiveness Continued
Evidence of a high-quality program can be observed in accordance with each nook and cranny of the assessment that is pertinent. From a...
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Compassion Compass
- Apr 29, 2020
- 4 min
ECE Quality and Effectiveness
When reflecting on a definition of quality in regard to early childhood care and education, it is a personal goal to search for terms of...
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Compassion Compass
- Apr 25, 2020
- 3 min
A Note to New Parents
Pulling from research gathered during field and case studies, observations and reflection on early childhood language gurus have created...
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Compassion Compass
- Apr 24, 2020
- 2 min
Toxic Stress
It is an unusual phenomenon when a socially and medically relevant term such as toxic stress is defined by the potential response that...
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Compassion Compass
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
Technology in the Early Childhood Classroom: Access and Excess
Oh, the wonderful world of technology-based educational tools. Through previous posts, personal opinions of technology and its influence...
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Compassion Compass
- Apr 22, 2020
- 2 min
Intersubjectivity
One of the first things encouraged during an initial coaching cycle with a new team was to see how many ways they could deviate from a...
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Compassion Compass
- Apr 20, 2020
- 3 min
Screen Time's Influence on our Children: What are they watching? What is the potential message?
This subject hits very close to home as we have two media-crazed children. Our youngest is six and well within the early childhood realm....
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Compassion Compass
- Apr 18, 2020
- 3 min
Biosocial, Cultural, and Environmental Influence on Prenatal Development
When reflecting on a spectrum of developmental characteristics, the multicultural aspect is one that encompasses both intrinsic and...
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Compassion Compass
- Nov 23, 2019
- 1 min
Passion, Motivation and Wisdom
I had a built in passion to make a real contribution to the world…I wanted to do that through teaching. Louise Derman-Sparks. Laureate...
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Compassion Compass
- Nov 23, 2019
- 1 min
Sylvia Chard
Sylvia Chard (right) The best project topics are those that enable children to strengthen their natural dispositions to be interested,...
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Compassion Compass
- Nov 23, 2019
- 1 min
Pamela Winton
The driving force behind the content and specific personnel preparation activities is the basic question, “What do we need to know and do...
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Compassion Compass
- Nov 6, 2019
- 1 min
A Piece of Impactful Literature
When Sophie Gets Angry-Really, Really Angry, by Molly Bang has influenced professional and personal interactions with young children...
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