Words of Inspiration and Motivation

“Children have unequal childhoods” by Dr. Aisha Ray

From this quote Aisha Ray discussed some of the problems children may have in school, and throughout their lives, when they miss out on a series of important environmental factors. Children go through a series of behaviors based on how they were raised and the opportunities they have while growing up. I like this quote because it puts a focus on the various backgrounds of children, from there you can verify the reasons behind certain behaviors from a child.

“We should maximize learning, maximize human development” by Dr. Stanley Greenspan

Learning is very important and is something that everybody will do for a lifetime. You do live and learn. Learning can help you to know more about yourself as well as others. Once you maximize learning, a person can have a better understanding of children by allowing them to explore and to become their own individual selves. 

Renatta Cooper is a program specialist of the office of Child Care in the video of week 2. This woman had one family that she represented and the father of the child was very sick and was going to pass away soon. She made it her mission to put her ego aside and to think about the child and what he or she was going to go through when they had lost their father. That is what really motivated her to go into the field. Early Childhood is not always about you, it is about the child and making sure that they are okay.

Personal Childhood Web

   1.       Mom

   2.       Father

   3.       My brothers (Shon & Torian)

   4.       Grandmother

   5.       Mrs. Smith

These are the people who greatly influence my life. My mom and dad have and always will be a great influence. They raised me to become the strong and ambitious woman that I am today. My mother is a woman who is very strong-willed and puts her faith in God first in everything she does. She reminds me to always put God first and he will do the rest. She supports me in all that I do and encourages me to be the best person I can be. My father is not the best when expressing his feelings but he would buy me almost anything I wanted when I was a kid. By the time I became 18, he stopped and only gave me money or things I needed. It was fun while it lasted……. : ( My father is a mechanic so whenever I come home, he checks my car to make sure that things are okay with it. So both of my parents make a huge impact of my life and I thank God for the both of them.

My brothers have an impact on my life as well. Shon, my brother has been very close to me since birth. He is my big brother. He gives me great advice about life and would always check up on me when I was in school to make sure that I was doing well. Every summer he would invite to spend with him and he would enroll me in activities that impact my life or gave me a set of skills. Both of my brothers are police officers so they definitely makes sure I am good to go. My other brother Torian is very annoying to me but that is his way of showing that he loves me. He is my big brother as well. Sometimes its pretty cool to be the baby of the family!

My grandmother is someone very special to me because she is the queen of the family and is the only grandmother I have living. She was also my caregiver while my parents worked. She would always give me snacks and comforted me when I was sick or hurt. She also gave me my nickname as well. My grandmother is a very strong woman as well. She has endured so much throughout her life and I admire and respect her so much! Mrs. Smith was one of my mom’s closest ministry friends. This woman was like a second mother to me and always gave me an encouraging word. She would give me gifts and ask me how I was doing in school. She is now deceased but I will always remember her.

My Childhood

                                                  

Hello, my name is Angel Boone and this here is a picture of me as a child! My favorite quote in Early Childhood is "PLAY is the highest form of research" by Albert Einstein. It is very true because that is what all children do to fully understand the world around them. They make mistakes, they may be told no, but they get right back up and try again until they find the true meaning. I feel like at this age, you are the boldest and most adventurous person there is and that's what makes a kid....a kid!

                                


 As a little kid, my favorite book was by Dr. Seuss and the name of it was called "The Sneetches". I liked it so much that I watched the video at least 5 times a day!! The moral of the story to me was to look past our physical differences and to learn to accept each on how we are and to work together. A man in the story, came and took advantage of the Sneetches by making a machine that could put stars on the ones who didn't have one. The Sneetches who already had stars got upset and decided to get rid of their stars. They spent loads of money on trying to out do one another. They find out in the end that no Sneetch was better than the other, so it brought them closer together. The songs in the video really had me going and I enjoyed them as well. Dr. Seuss will always be a great classic to me!