“if you do a little bit of looking at books with your
children and inspire them to be curious about the pictures and … what the word
means, but don’t get into very structured systematic teaching at too early an
age,…and you interact emotionally and have fun with pretend play…then you have
the best of both worlds.” Stanley Greenspan
“We need to take a less narrow look at our children’s
problems and instead see them as windows of opportunity—a way of exploring and
understanding all facets of our children’s development. If we can understand
the underlying developmental process, we can see a child’s struggles as signs
of striving toward growth instead of chronic problems or attempts to aggravate
adults.” Stanley Greenspan
“Regardless of the history of IQ tests in the family, if I see
nurturing, warm, interactive people who read emotional signals well and
interact well, usually I see happy, competent and bright children.” Stanley
Greenspan
“We overestimate children academically and underestimate
them intellectually” Lilian Katz
“Let’s keep up the good work for the sake of the children. The
best way to influence others is to do the best we can! It may very well be that
what we do speaks more loudly than what we say”. Lilian Katz
Quotes from the Week 2 video:
“I want to fix all the injustices in the world. I want to
make sure children are taught in an environment to grow and develop to their
fullest abilities and to create a safe world”. Louise Derman-Sparks
“It helps me to put my ego aside and help these children to
succeed”. Renatta M. Cooper
“We in the Early Childhood field have the opportunity to
shape the child for the better”. Sandy Escobido
Susan - I enjoyed reading your selection of quotes. I especially liked the one by Dr. Stanley Greenspan about how we need to view children's problems as "windows of opportunity." That is a more healthy and productive way of looking at helping the children in our care.
ReplyDeleteSusan, I really liked your quote from Lilian Katz on a persons modeling as a way to motivate. I often forget about this aspect of motivating others (students, parents or other professionals) but it is such a good way to demonstrate a point as well as set a bar a little higher.
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ReplyDeleteThe quote from Lilian Katz is very logical and I think it applies to anybody in all sectors. People tend to trust us based on what we do rather than say. More obvious for children. They copy what we do, believe in what we say. Showing works faster than saying.
I really like this quote from Stanley Greenspan “We need to take a less narrow look at our children’s problems and instead see them as windows of opportunity—a way of exploring and understanding all facets of our children’s development. If we can understand the underlying developmental process, we can see a child’s struggles as signs of striving toward growth instead of chronic problems or attempts to aggravate adults.” Nice Job picking this one. If only we could get the rest of the would to look at saying like these. Melanie
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