Passion Motivation, and Wisdom Quote
Renatta Cooper (said)- "It's not all about you its about what best for the children. A childhood and education leaves them ready for optimal life experiences that will open up the world."

Famous Quotes by Maria Montessori
“Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment."

“The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences."

Famous Quotes by Edward Zigler
I have long believed that the development of a child does not begin the day he is born or at the age three but much earlier during the formative years of his parents.

“High hopes made Head Start possible....we need to recapture the hope, to believe once more that it is possible to set the next generation of American children and families on a course toward a better life.”  

Personal Childhood Web

1. Ms. Curry (Kim)- she is my mother. She has inspired me in some many ways to be the woman that I am today. My mother provide for me, my brothers, and sister by herself. She showed me all the survivor that I need as a woman to take care of me and my children as I got older. She also inspired me to continue my education and go far as possible to better myself and make things better for myself and children.
2. My grandmother (Helen)- She is the rock of the family. She inspired me to get an education and stay in school to better my life. She taught me how to cook, clean, and take care of myself and others. I can always go to my grandmother for any kind of advice.
3. My dad (John) He showed me the positive characteristics that a man suppose to display. He taught me how to be able to look at the positive and negative parts of life and make the best of it. Still today, he encourages me to look for specific and positive characteristics from a man when focusing on my love life.
4. My grandfather (Jim)-He is a free spirit kind of guy. He taught me how to make the best out of life, enjoy every minutes, and to love people, family, but God the most in the world. He influenced me greatly because I am very adventurous and love to travel when I have free time.
5. My aunt (Mary)- She was more and still like a second mother to me while growing up. I could spend the night over her house and she treated me just like one of her own children. She would always take me on her family trips and that mean a lot to me when I was a little girl. Today, she still treat me the same way and that why I appreciate everything she do for me.

A Quote Children and Early Childhood that is especially meaningful to me
"Now, today, some children are enrolled in excellent programs. Some children are enrolled in mediocre programs. And some are wasting away their most formative years in bad programs....That's why I'm issuing a challenge to our states: Develop a cutting-edge plan to raise the quality of your early learning programs; show us how you'll work to ensure that children are better prepared for success by the time they enter kindergarten. If you do, we will support you with an Early Learning Challenge Grant that I call on Congress to enact."
- President Barack Obama, speaking to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, March 10, 2009

The quote is meaningful to me because it show that some people in important position believe in Early childhood. It is important for children to have an head start with their education. Yes, teaching your children starts at home but it is important to give children an opportunity to experience learning and developing with their peers in an Early Childhood setting. Therefore, in all early childhood programs it is essential to provide the children with all the concepts and skills they need to prepare them for Kindergarten.

The Title of a Children's Book you love and what you love about it

The name of the book is How Are You Peeling? Foods with Moods.  The children and I both enjoy this book because discuss the different types of feeling that mean make demonstrate at some point in time in their life. The book shows the children different pictures of people faces and describe how the person feels. There are pictures of people, fruits, and vegetable with various emotions being shown. As a teacher, I am able to ask the children various questions about the different emotions, fruits, and vegetables. I also ask some of the children to tell me how they feel and which person, fruit, or vegetable describes them in the book.

A Story About A Child That Touched My Heart
One thing I do know is that children are one of God's greatest gifts in the world. There are some many different things that children do that touch our heart at home and in the school environment. I am a teacher assistant at a Head Start Center and the classroom consist of fifteen children. This one specific three year-old boy name Davane come to class everyone and tells me how much he miss and love me. When he walks in the classroom everyone he has the same routine, he comes over and say those loving and kind words to me. Therefore, I ask him "Daven, why did you miss me last night?" and he stated "Ms. Curry you were not at home with me and I did not see you.? Then he would say " I miss and I love you Ms. Curry." Therefore,It touched my heart just to know that he thinks about me even when he leaves school in the evening time. Also, because he cares enough to tell me how he feel.