Sharing Web Resources: Part Two

The organization that I am following is the Child Development Network in Singapore for the duration of this course.  After researching and surfing the website, I came across an interesting article in the quarterly newsletter that reflects on a book titled, Extending the Dance in Infant and Toddler Caregiving.  This book is a great resource for early childhood educators that value the importance of developing attachments and relationships with their infants and toddlers, such as myself and I'm pretty sure everyone enrolled in this course. The book balances theory and true, real-life stories, with the assistance of suggested strategies and uses the metaphor "relationship as a dance".  This metaphor promotes secure attachment from a child point of view. I feel that sometimes as early childhood professionals, we tend to forget to view things from a eyes of little people. 

I found this section of the newsletter enlightening because I never thought of caring for infants and toddler as a "dance".  I love the fact that this organization provides resources such as books for caregivers and professionals to read and reflect on. It is very important for early childhood professionals to be partners to families, and to also be specialists in providing all young children with stimulating and secure learning environment.

The Early Years Development Framework:  From Principles to Practice, in the newsletter focuses on the need for more professional training and development.  A 16-hour training course will be provided for early childhood caregivers that will assist with the "unpacking"of the key guiding principles into implementable classroom practices.  Funding is also mentioned in this section of the newsletter.

Here is the link to the newsletter from Sept. 2012

https://app.cdn.gov.sg/Portals/0/imapbuilder/EC%20Digest%20(Jul-Sep%2012).pdf