RIAEYC Wishes You a Very Happy Thanksgiving Holiday
Greetings!
Thanksgiving Day will soon be here
It comes around but once a year
If I could only have my way,
We'd have Thanksgiving every day.
-- unknown
 The RIAEYC Governing Board & Staff wish you a happy, healthy Thanksgiving holiday. In this time of giving thanks, we recognize and appreciate all our members and friends. Now, onto the turkey and football! |
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RIAEYC Answers Request of RI Early Learning Council
Earlier this month, the RIAEYC Governing Board received a request from the RI Early Learning Council to provide recommendations on how Rhode Island can improve children's access to high-quality early learning programs. RIAEYC's recommendations, along with input submitted by other groups across the state, will be shared with the Early Learning Council at their December meeting. Our response stated that RIAEYC supports proposals discussed at the November meeting of the Permanent Legislative Commission on Child Care, particularly those that relate to lessening the financial and administrative challenges families face when confronting the barriers to accessing quality care. Other recommendations in our letter to the Council include:
- Coordinate, centralize, translate and expand the reach of information about access to quality programs, focusing on web-based information delivery systems, existing information networks, and face-to-face points of contact with families.
- Reach out to and train individuals at those points of contact in those organizations and systems in the importance of quality programs and in assisting families to access to those programs.
- Conduct annual, brief, culturally and linguistically appropriate trainings for families about the importance of quality care and the information they need to access that care, in partnership with appropriate agencies and state departments.
- Integrate information on quality child care into the newly developing child care resource and referral system by, e.g., highlighting programs that are BrightStars, Accredited, and/or RIDE approved, collecting information from families for follow-up email/mail contact on selecting quality care.
RIAEYC maintains a seat on the RI Early Learning Council. We'll be sure to keep you posted on what's happening there in future editions of the E-News. |
Resources for Families: New Videos & Tipsheets
The Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) has produced the following two new videos:
1. Literacy Rich Environments - Making Room for Literacy: For use by parents to create a literacy rich environment in the home by using ordinary materials and everyday home activities.
2. Books, Nooks, and Literacy Hooks: For use by practitioners to create a literacy rich early childhood setting as part of everyday classroom routines and activities.
Both available at www.earlyliteracylearning.org/ta_pract_videos1.php.
"Making Life Easier" Tipsheets
The Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention for Young Children (TACSEI) has launched a new series entitled Making Life Easier to provide helpful tips for parents and caregivers on how to make often challenging events easier to navigate and even enjoyable. Topics currently available include Bedtime and Naptime, Running Errands, and Diapering. Visit http://www.challengingbehavior.org//do/resources/making_life_easier.html |
Research Roundup: Screen Time, Language Acquisition
Parents, Pediatricians Debate Technology Use by Young Children
Check out this brief, yet thought-provoking article on ABCnews.com that discusses use of "touchscreen" technology by young children. The American Academy of Pediatrics offers: "There is absolutely no hurry to rush kids into technology, either old or new. And the AAP recommends avoiding screen time for babies under the age of 2. In terms of computer use and television and movies, I think parents need to be very cautious over the age of 2. There's every reason to believe that kids should be engaging in creative active play, not passive viewing, when they're very young." But some parents and media experts cited in the article believe that touchscreens (e.g. smartphones, iPads) are developmentally appropriate for sensory-motor learners and can engage kids and encourage learning. What's your view. Click here to access the article and an accompanying video.
Science Grows on Acquiring New Language
An October 2010 Education Week article discusses the recent "explosion of research on bilingual-language processing". The piece draws implications from several studies, including one where infants of native-English-speaking parents were exposed to sounds associated with Mandarin either through sessions with a native-Mandarin-speaking tutor or video or audio lessons. At 12 months, babies who had worked with a person recognized Mandarin sounds more accurately than did infants who were exposed to the language through video or audio only. The article concludes that "human brains are wired to learn best in social interactions, whether that learning is about language or problem-solving or emotion". Read the entire article here. |
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... Community Postings ...
Job Postings...
Teaching Assistant - Imagine PreschoolPart-time, 20 hours per week. Monday thru Friday, 2pm-6pm. Support Lead Teacher and Associate Teachers in implementing individually, culturally and developmentally appropriate preschool curriculum within Imagine Preschool. Bachelor's degree (B.A.) or Associate's degree in a related field such as child study, child psychology, early childhood special education, elementary education, or nursing preferred. Also will consider applicants with: Child Development Associate credential (CDA) or high school diploma or its equivalent; and have three years of supervised experience in a licensed/approved early childhood program or certified family day care home; and have a history of regular participation in an ongoing early childhood staff development program. For more info: www.provctr.org/careers/jobopenings/tabid/220/default.aspx.
Events...
Boston AEYC'S 20th Annual Conference for Directors & Administrators"FIT AS A FIDDLE ~ CARING FOR THE WHOLE CHILD" FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2011 BOSTON MARRIOTT, BURLINGTON, MA www.baeyc.org
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The mission of RIAEYC is to support professionals in their work by promoting quality education and the healthy development of children birth through eight. | |
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Upcoming Events
Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov. 25-26
RIAEYC closed
DHS Child Care Community Exchange
Nov. 30, 1:30pm
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Dec. 8, 6pm
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State House
Providence, RI RIAEYC Board Meeting Dec. 13, 6pm RIAEYC office RIAEYC office
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