The Passion for Early Childhood Quotes is a video where five early childhood professionals share their passion, motivation, and commitment. Below are quotes from two of the speakers.
“We really see what a unique opportunity we have working with children . . . we have the opportunity to shape a child’s life for the better” – Sandy Escobido – Deputy Field Director Los Angelos Preschool Advocacy Imitative California Community Foundation
“I see early childhood education, all education really is a civil rights issue” – Renatta M. Cooper – Program Specialist Office of Childcare LA County Chief Administrative Offices
(Virginia) Susan Bredekamp, Ph.D., Childcare sector
Speaking on techniques and strategies for teaching children to read
“The ironic part is that it's not rocket science. It's just a specific set of things that you absolutely have to do. Dramatic play, having favorite books of your own, having them read to you, lap-book reading, books in the home, parents as role models discussing what they read, all these things are absolutely critical. One method is not going to work for all kids. Reading is a complex process that requires a variety of strategies teachers can adapt.”
“If the first three years of life are deprived in terms of stimulation and interaction with warm, nurturing human beings, it's going to be real tough for the child to acquire the depth and breadth of verbal language needed to build reading abilities”
Lilian Katz, Ph.D., Public Early Childhood Education
“I find that the experience of traveling and working with colleagues in other lands is enlightening, instructive, and enriching—not so much because of what we see, but because what we see makes us think about things that we have not thought about before. Or perhaps it is simply that travel makes us think about something differently from the way we’ve thought about it before”
“What you are speaks more loudly than what you say”