Final Blog Assignment

First, I would like to start off by saying, I have enjoyed this semester reading your comments, post, and feeling the love and passion my fellow classmates have for Early Childhood. I have learned a great deal from each and everyone of you that I use every day in my new profession. I have recently just offered a head teacher position at Head Start. I am looking so forward to taking what I have learned and using it to help all children.

In the early childhood field all around the world the main focus seems to be:

• Intervention during the early years can assist in the healthy development of children cognitively, socially, emotionally and physically.
•  Participation in preschool programs promotes cognitive development in the short term and prepares children to succeed in school.
• Early childhood programs can reduce educational inequalities.
• Interventions can raise the status of mothers in the home and community. Interventions reduce gender inequalities.
• Early interventions generate economic returns and reduce social costs by reducing grade retention, special education placement, juvenile delinquency, and substance abuse.
• Early childhood development and care in the early years can do much to prevent malnutrition and increase children's chances of survival.

My goal as a Early Childhood profession is to become more involved in the community and help low income families and children  receive the best education possible by providing families with resources that will allow families access to high-quality early childhood programs.

Thank you and enjoy the rest of the summer.