A worldwide contact sounds like an interesting and educational idea! However, when I researched the course recommended sites, and contacted several places, I heard no responses. Therefore, I set off on my own to find a worldwide contact! I quickly noticed the language barrier, and therefore tried to locate English speaking countries. I emailed Australia, South Africa, Ireland, England, Scotland, Greece, Thailand, and Iceland.
I contacted the Blue Balloon Preschool and Daycare Centre in South Africa. The Principal/Owner agreed to correspond with me during this course. I found the Blue Balloon Preschool by performing a daycare directory search on Google.
I also contacted OECDL, the Office of Early Childhood Development and Learning, in Australia. The Senior Project Officer referred me to the Department of Communities. This department oversees the child care sector in Western Australia. I will be interacting with a contact in this department, who has graciously offered to be my contact.
The web site I have chosen to study the Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families website. This website seems to address many topics relevant to the early childhood teacher, as well as the parents of the children in care. The articles are written in a way that is parent friendly, and also very informative for early childhood staff. The website covers a wide variety of topics, and is an excellent resource.
Comment Posted by Robin Lemire
ReplyDeleteGreat post and so full of information. I too have not received any response from my multiple emails sent out to many, many resources. I love your idea of the Google search though. I believe that will be my next course of action in order to make professional contacts outside of the US. Thank you so much for the idea!
I also love the website you chose and refer to it quite often when I am doing research.
I look forward to working/learning with you during the course of this next eight weeks.
Good for you for taking the search on yourself, literally. That's good you received some feedback so far. I love zero to three! They have so much great information and they actually have partnered with Sesame Street to make developmental videos for babies/toddlers. (My son loves them)
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have had great success in establishing contacts with child care professionals in other cultures. I have not been as successful, but have not been as creative with my search either. I also love the zero to three website and information. My passion lies with caring for the youngest of children.
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