Over the past four weeks, I have been navigating through and studying the resources located on the website for the National Association for the Education of Young Children. This website offers a plethora of informational resources, but this week, I decided to focus on their position statements. As an early childhood professional, these resources help me to remain centered on child development and early learning within the classroom and are crucial to my professional development. They help shape my beliefs and classroom practices as we move towards a central focus on early childhood care and education within the United States.
This week, one particular position statement, titled “Still Unacceptable Trends in Kindergarten Entry and Placement”, caught my attention. After reading articles about economists, neuroscientists, and politicians supporting early childhood education, this article helped continuously bring awareness to quality early childhood programs and practices in which investments can be made and lifelong benefits can be achieved. Reading this article provided greater clarity and balance as it pertains to administrative and educator roles and the way young children learn.
Due to outside factors, administrators, educators, and parents are pressured for children and students to learn developmentally inappropriate standards using developmentally inappropriate methods. Given this outside influence, economists, neuroscientists, and politicians have the ability to make decisions and share information that promotes quality early childcare and education. The opportunity for collaboration across each field is evident as we all work together to ensure children are receiving a quality developmental experience.
Source:
www.naeyc.org
www.naeyc.org
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