Channette's Early Childhood Studies Blog

    Research that Benefits Children and Families—Uplifting Stories If I possessed the means and the knowledge to conduct a research study on any topic in the early childhood field, I would choose the topic healthy nutritional food options for childcare facilities. Providing healthy nutritious food options is important to the healthy development of children. There are many positive contributions that can occur by offering children nutritious food options at a childcare facility.             When a childcare facility provides healthy options of food for children, the children will develop the skill of choosing healthy food options outside of the facility. According to The more schools do to promote healthy eating, the healthier the dietary choices by students, “The number of actions that secondary schools have in place to promote healthy eating is significantly associated with healthy food choices made by students.” (Tow...

  Your Personal Research Journey   When a childcare professional is able to provide a child with a guidance a bond is created between the child and the adult. My chosen topic for the simulation is guidance. When a childcare professional provides positive guidance for a child, I believe the child will have more opportunities to experience learning in a safe environment. It is vital that a childcare professional be engaged with children and provide them with guidance. I believe guidance is important because without it an individual is not providing an experience that will influence the life of a child. I believe in order for an individual to provide appropriate positive guidance they must educate themselves and participate in trainings that allow them to demonstrate what they have learned. I have chosen the topic guidance, because I want to make a strong impact on the lives of the children I care for. I want to be someone they remember provided them with live long memories...

  Final Blog Assignment   Prior to taken this course I was unaware of the many issues that are affecting children outside of the United States. It is easy to live in this world and only think of those that are in your life. The first consequence of learning about the international early childhood field for my professional and personal development was how Covid-19 is affecting children and childcare in countries outside of the United States.   There are millions of children around the world who simply went without an education or childcare due to the pandemic. Not only did these children experience the death that came with the virus, but they experienced it with no support. Know one can predict when the world will return back to how it was before March 2020. I cannot help to think about all the children that are missing out on their childhood and education due to the panic, it is sad. The second consequence of learning about the international early childhood field fo...