“Part of being who you are has to do with feeling your
feelings, which means
you'll have a wide range of emotions--not just constant
sunshiny happiness.”
U.S. Early
Childhood Educator and Author
“The moment I decided to follow instead of lead,
I discovered the joys
of becoming part of a small child’s world.”
Janet Gonzalez-Mena,
U.S. Early Childhood Educator and Author
“One of the major advantages of project work is that it
makes school more like real life. In real life, we don't spend several hours at
a time listening to authorities who know more than we do and who tell us
exactly what to do and how to do it. We need to be able to ask questions of a
person we're learning from. We need to be able to link what the person is
telling us with what we already know. And we need to be able to bring what we
already know and experiences we've had that are relevant to the topic to the
front of our minds and say something about them.”
Sylvia Chard
Professor Emeritus of Elementary Education and Author
"Family and moral values are so central to everything that I
am."
U.S. Children’s Rights Activist
“The Question is not whether we can afford to invest in
every child;
it is whether we can afford not to.”
U.S. Children’s Rights Activist
I really liked the quote from Janet Gonzalez-Mena, “The moment I decided to follow instead of lead, I discovered the joys of becoming part of a small child’s world.” It is so true and I try to do that when I work with students. Sometimes I hand over the marker and they end up showing me a discovery they made. They point out similarities and differences and acknowledging their ideas really helps them learn and that in turn shows me just how capable and imaginative they are.
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