Blog Week 7

Blog week 7: Well, here we go with the alternate for the blog, no reply from my international contacts again. After going to the website (www.unesco.org), and looking over the many articles and sections I have found some that really made me stop and read more. The first article that I read was “Teaching pre-school children about the environment”. This was done in Germany and it taught children 3-6 about how energy happens and about their environment through hands-on activities and play. I really like that they tied everything together and this helps children to use these skills forever. The article states “What children learn in early childhood strongly influences their further learning, health and behaviour. I truly believe this is right-if we let them have many opportunities for playing and hands on activities then they will retain more and this will also help them become better adjusted in life. Young children are sponges that will abosrb as much as they are given.

The second article that I found interesting was “Early Childhood-Getting the big picture”. This one caught my attention because it took pictures from children around the world that would “represent the aspirations of children for education and for their lives, and aim to mobilize additional support from the general public and policy makers for early childhood care and education”. All of the pictures were on display at the UNESCO headquarters to help show the importance of education around the world as well as the work that Global Action Week and UNESCO does for getting the word out about education.

I also found the section about Access and Equity very interesting on this website; they talk about the importance of early childhood education and care. All countries involved are committed to “expanding and improving comprehensive early childhood care and education, especially for the most vulnerable and disadvantaged children”. Care needs to be given to all children regardless of where they live or any other difference. All governments need to work harder to have equity and access to every family and not come up with reasons that it will not work. This is a great website that offers so much great information and it is also very easy to navigate. This organization helps so many people everywhere and they are also trying to help education become a topic talked about by everyone. If we talk about it more maybe something good will happen for the many children that are still being denied an education.

http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/