One Child at a Time

  For many, Thanksgiving is all about what I call The three F’s-the three food, family, and football. But for children like Nora who are living with cancer, it can be a time to give thanks for breakthrough discoveries and lifesaving treatments. I got to know Nora and her family through her brother Jeff who was my student in 2016.  The story of Nora, a neuroblastoma survivor, is a story that showcases research is necessary not just in saving lives but in transforming lives. Nora was a year and eleven months old when she has diagnosed with stage 4 neuroblastoma when she visited her doctor for a check-up because was running up fever for weeks. Neuroblastoma develops from immature nerve cells found in several body areas (arises in and around the adrenal glands, atop the kidney) and primarily affects children age five and younger. Nora’s parents (Kate and Roy) were devastated at the news of their daughter having cancer. Each new detail opened up a new world of scary possibilities; cancer ha

  Hey guys, welcome back to my Blog. I believe everybody is beginning to settle down into this class. Anyhow, I just want to talk briefly about the topic I have chosen for the simulation. Being an immigrant myself and seeing how children of immigrants struggle in class to fit into their new environment, I think it is proper my research topic should center around immigrants students issues. No other topic that is more appropriate than  Dual-Language Learners (DLL) in the Preschool Classroom. Welcoming children from diverse language backgrounds into the early childhood classroom demands that we give these DLL children several support layers necessary to succeed. According to Nemeth (2018), early childhood educators must intentionally create language-rich environments for young children. Therefore, researching strategies teachers can use to best support or produce the best outcome for DLL in preschool is essential. Consequently, I will be exploring tools that will help young children dev

Early childhood teachers and professionals have the power to create change in the lives of children in their classrooms and centers and children they never meet. No matter who these children are today, they will grow up into adults that will control the world, thus making children worldwide our responsibility.  This fact makes teaching, protecting, and guiding children to become intelligent, respectful, productive members of society imperative. One goal for the field related to the international awareness of issues and trends and the spirit of collegial relations is that we open more lines of communication between the world's educators. As teachers working every day in the classrooms, the people who the children see regularly need to use each other as resources. This is important now more than ever as America is becoming more culturally responsive. Another consequence of learning about international early childhood is that stakeholders in early childhood education in the U.S. shoul