WORDS OF INSPIRATION & MOTIVATION

"Lilian's curiosity, her perseverance, and her openness to new ideas and understandings have contributed to her role as a leader and a visionary in the field". (Rebecca New, personal communication, 2000)

                                                                           Lilian Katz,
                                                              Public Early Childhood Education


"If we can do a better job of getting a child ready for school, that child is going to perform much better throughout their life."

                                                                            Art Rolnick
                                                              Public Early Childhood Education


"I had a built-in passion, it was important to make a real contribution to the world and to fix all the injustices that existed in the worrld. I wanted to do that through teaching."

                                                                          Louise Derman-Sparks
                                                                          Professor Emeritus
                                                                          Oak College, CA

                                                        


  

Personal Childhood Web

     My mother's name is Shirley and she has been so supportive of me since I was a child. I can remember she used to read me my favorite book before putting me to bed. She used to comfort me when I fell off my bike, and she would make my favorite dinner once a week. My mother made me feel special by always letting me know that she loved me unconditionally. I loved the way she held me as a child as if she could not let me go. I remember she would always rub her nose against mine and she would say "That was how eskimos kiss". I still share the Eskimo kisses with my own children.


My Father's name is Earl, he was my first love. We spent a lot of time together cooking, bike riding and other outdoors activities. He always made me feel special by telling me that he loved me everyday and he made it clear that I was "Daddy's Little Girl". I knew I could count on him to protect me from the monster in my closet to the bully on the playground. My father would pick me up and dance with me to his favorite song. He held me close and I knew I was special to him.

My grandmother's name is Lizzie, as a child she would tell me stories about her childhood. She would always make my favorite cookies for me during the summer months because I was always at her house. My grandmother enjoyed cooking meals for the family. Every holiday you could count on her cooking a large family style dinner. I loved being around my grandmother as a child because she would play card and board games with me. Our favorite games was old maid and go fish. My grandmother taught me how to ride a bike one summer. I remember I ran into a light pole and hurt my knee, my grandmother came running with a box of bandaids and a hug for me. She always made me feel special whenever I was with her.


 

Favorite Quote

                  "A PARENT IS A CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER"

                                            

                                                                PBS Television Program

This quote is extremely meaningful to me because in the past I have come across some parents who felt that teachers are suppose to teach their child everything. What they failed to realize is that they are their child's first teacher long before the teacher came into the picture. Parents have to assume the responsibility for what their child knows. Teachers are here to enforce the knowledge the child already knows and to introduce new skills to the child.

Book of the Month

This book exemplifies the undeniable love a mother has for her child.
No matter where he is in the world, his mother's love is everlasting.

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