Words of Inspiration and Motivation

As I continue to dig deeper into the field of education specifically, early childhood, I want to stay linked to the educators who have and who are impacting this field. This link will be created by thier quotes and work that ultimately impacts the learning and achievement of students.

"Again, I want to empower the parents, because the research tells us that if you get the parents engaged, you're going to get these results. "
                                                                      ~ Art Rolnick
"Stop investing in stadiums and start investing in kids."
                                                                        ~Art Rolnick

"The definition (of devlopmentally appropriate practices) has not changed abut it is expanded to include the fact that nt only do you have to conside children as individuals, but you also have to consider children as members of groups with thei own cultural identities.
                                                                      ~Susan Bredekamp

"If the firt three years of life are deprived in terms of stiulations and interacions with warm, nurturing human beings, it's gong to be real tough for thechild to acquire the depth and breadth of verbal language needed to build readin abilities."
                                                                      ~Susan Bredekamp

"The passion that I had when I started is even greater now."
                                                                      ~Louise Derman- Sparks

"We, as professionals, in the early childhood field, hve the opportunitytoshape a child's life for the better."
                                                                      ~Sandy Escobido

"It's not all about you, you gotta take your ego out of it and think about what's best for the chld and you have to care about them enough to help them to transition to the next step.
                                                                       ~Renatta Cooper