Thursday, 30 May 2013

QUOTES FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS


Quotes from Dr. Lilian Katz

The goals of schools should not be to make every child into a scientist, engineer, doctor, CEO, or lawyer, but to make sure that whatever occupations they ultimately enter into are not predetermined by gender, race, ethnicity, socio-economic background, class, or other characteristics ascribed at birth. (Lilian Katz i998)

The best way to influence other is to do the best we can. (Lilian Katz 1998)

 

Quotes from Stanley Greenspan

The difference between children who can regulate their mood, emotions, and behaviors and children who can’t-for whom the slightest frustration feels catastrophic whose anger is enormous and explosive- lies in the degree to which the child masters the capacity for rapid exchange of emotions and gestures. (Greenspan S. and brazeton T. 2000)

More and more children are being treated with medication or inadequate short-term therapeutic approaches due to a shift in the way professional are thinking about human nature and human functioning. (Greenspan S. and brazeton T. 2000)

 

Quotes from the five early childhood professionals

I felt that everything in me was being called on to teach and it makes me fell whole and creative. (Louise Derman-Sparks)

We as professional in the early childhood field have an opportunity to shape the child life for the better. (Sandy Escobido)

I am not here to save the world; I am here just to make a difference in the lives of children (Raymond Hermandez)

I owe the families my best (Renatta M. cooper)

Parents needs support and with resources and access to resources parents can drive (Leticia Lara)