The "Foundations" course really opened my eyes to all of the early childhood resources that are available. If a person wants to be the best that they can be at their craft, there are many resources available to assist them. After researching just about all of the early childhood resources out there, I decided to become a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). The focus of the NAEYC is to educate people on how to be the best at teaching young children. The website also provides information on accredited programs in your state and updated policy information is also available. This organization is awesome because I receive the magazines or journals; Young Children (YC) and Teaching Young Children (TYC). The articles are quite interesting and offer lots of crafty teaching ideas especially for someone like myself who has not one creative bone! NAEYC also offers conferences yearly, and I subscribe to a newsletter. The newsletters pretty much stick to things regarding children. I'll admit that I do not read the articles as much as I do the magazines. The magazines do offer information on diversity and I remember reading an article that offered suggestions to teaching in a diverse classroom. I also subscribe to several blog conversations or newsletters through Linkedin such as; Early Childhood Education, and Teaching Infants and Young Children. I receive ongoing conversations from these sites almost daily.
My links are;
http://www.naeyc.org/
https://www.linkedin.com
The forums in Linkedin are entitled- Early Childhood Education, Child Care, and CCR&R Professionals Forum Group Members and Teaching Infants and Toddlers Group Members
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