Sharing Web Resources: Taking another look at NAEYC

Again it is time to look into the NAEYC website and take a closer look.     

I looked over the quick links and noticed that most of them were tied to NAEYC in some fashion. However one like in particular peeked my interest. It was Young Child Past Issues, (http://www.naeyc.org/yc/pastissues). The issues available went all the way back to January of 2001. This is such a valuable resource that it will be something I flag into favorites.

Upon further investigation I found NAEYC radio (http://www.naeyc.org/newsroom/NAEYCradio). There are some interesting links and also some that are important to my professional life. Some that I found interesting are “Who Will Save Kindergarten? 
” by Vivian Gussin Paley, “Big Body Play: Why It's Important
” by Frances Carlson, M.A.Ed., and “How Federal Policies Affect Early Childhood
” by Adele Robinson. This is one are of the website that I could spend a lot of time viewing. I felt like a sponge at some point and was just soaking in all the information either because it was new or because it affirmed what I already knew.

Currently some of the topics that are being discussed on the NAEYC website are DAP, Learning from nature, Obesity Prevention, play and Anti-Bias Education Holidays. I think the website has a plethora of information that support what we are learning in our Masters program or the information furthers our learning in a meaningful way.  

I am enjoying the information gleaned from the NAEYC website and know that without this class I would have never had the opportunity to dig this deep into it.