A Journey Through Angie's Mind

The website I chose a couple weeks ago Zero to Three has so many sections that helps me in my line of work. The website in general is a dictionary to working with the age group of infants. It helps me understand why they are the way they are, and many activities and different things I can do to help their development. The section 'explore our topics' helps me because they have subsections underneath dedicated to certain areas that helps parents and caregivers understand children a little better. One sub section that helped me recently is the "challenging behaviors" telling me why children have tantrums, helping them channel their aggression, how to help them cope as well. "As young children are just beginning to develop self-control, challenging behavior is common and expected in the years form birth to three" (Zero to Three, n.d.). The Idea of screening newborns I had never heard of before until I got a newsletter from this website telling me the importanc...

Child poverty is not a subject that should be taken lightly! Since I didn't hear back from my professionals I choose to look at the website that was given to us for this assignment. One thing I learned is that, "w hile an adult may fall into poverty temporarily, falling into poverty in childhood can last a lifetime – rarely does a child get a second chance at an education or a healthy start in life" (). Anything can effect us during childhood and mold us into the adults we are today. Which is why its so important children grow up in a loving, safe, and caring environment.  I learned how important a child's upbringing  can be and what affects not only them but future generations to come if they don't change the road they are traveling. We cant ignore the fact most of the children that are always in trouble grew up in a dysfunctional environment. Or something tragic happened in their childhood that changed them either way we have to take into consideration the imp...

The Organization I choose was Zero to Three and I've subscribed to the newsletters of, "Baby Steps Newsletter for Parents and Caregivers". The purpose of this organization is to make sure all babies and toddlers have a great strong start in life. " During the first three years of life  emotionally nourishing relationships lay the foundation for lifelong health and well-being" (Zero to Three, 2017).  One current trend is the benefits of newborn health screening which allows many babies around the world the chance to grow up and live a healthy life. September happens to be newborn screening awareness month. I wasn't aware how much of an impact a screening can have on a child, or lack thereof.  Screenings do catch things before they turn into something bigger and untreatable, ultimately saving a child's life.  I've learned so much from subscribing to this newsletter such as, grandparents and their impact on their grandchildren. "Grandparents are a...

The podcast I chose to follow is called, "Angela Watson's Truth for Teachers". From this episode I learned some very good tips and practices I can put into effect in order to make sure I'm getting the proper rest and self-care I need. Teachers are no help to a student if they aren't in the right state of mind to teach, and that can be for many reasons such as lack of sleep, lack of eating, lack of exercise, lack of training, and many more reasons. Sometimes I get stressed out in class because I don't have all the materials needed to properly teach my students, yes they come first but if I'm not being supplied with the materials to teach them with then my state of mind is being jeopardized. Self-care goes a long way instead of just sitting around at home watching t.v. like I do I could watch an educational documentary and improve my skills as a teacher. This podcast is meant to, "speak life, encouragement, and truth into the minds and hearts of educato...