When I Think of Child Development . . .

“Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of accomplishment to the triumph of hateful failure.  Do not mistake a child for his symptom.” 

~Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Children want to love, beloved and learn.  They deserve the right to be in a non-judgmental  environment where everything a child does is an accomplishment and failure does not exist.  Judging a child negatively, could affect their resilience and damage their self esteem.  Children are naturally beautiful and innocent and we should not place the results of negative childhood development on that child.

THANK YOU!

To my colleagues: 

I want to thank my colleagues for their support, feedback, and sharing of their knowledge.  Without your support, I may not have made it this far.  We went from total strangers to an inseparable team that we are today.  I am certain that we will never forget the never-ending pressure of assignments and deadlines we faced together.  We encouraged one another, helped each other and tackled things together.  I wish you all much success and a promising future in the early childhood field.

To my teacher:

I would like to extend my most sincere thanks to my teacher Dr. Dispagna.  Thank you so much for your increasing guidance, encouragement, devotion and support you’ve shown these last eight weeks.

Valerie