Childhood Quotes/Professional Thanks

"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." ~Proverbs 22:6~

This is one of my favorite scriptures in the Bible because it tells what we as parents and caregivers need to do when it comes to raising our children. If we show our children the right way to go, they will remember it for the rest of their lives. We have a huge responsibility in child development. Children look up to adults so we have to make sure we set great examples. 


Terrance, Leslie, Jamila and Cassandra:


It was a pleasure to have another class with you. I hope we continue to have more classes together. Thank you for your encouragement and knowledge. You all have helped in some way. Keep up the good work! God bless...


To my other classmates; Katrina, Sharee and Shevia, Marika and Amy:


It was a pleasure being in this class with you all. I hope we have more classes together as well. i wish you all the best as you all travel this wonderful road of early childhood. You all keep up the good work and I will see you all at the top! God bless...


Dr. Myers:


It was a pleasure having you as a professor. I appreciate your feedback and knowledge. I believe it has made me a better student! I am thankful that you are a part of my journey as I travel this wonderful road of early childhood! Thank you for everything! God bless...

Testing for Intelligence

After reading two of my colleagues' blogs, reflecting on my own childhood, and considering the school aged children of today, I believe that each school aged child should be assessed differently. Along with that however, I believe that ALL children should have their emotional intelligence assessed as well. I believe that part in older children (7-11yrs old) is ofter overlooked, or doesn't get the attention it should. Looking back on my childhood, I excelled in school but I was an emotional child. I guess because I was smart, the teachers thought that I was ok, and overall I was, but now I am an emotional adult. And honestly, I do not like it! LOL I wonder if my emotional intelligence had been assessed, how would I be now? So as someone who is planning to be an educator in the early childhood field, I will make sure I pay attention to the children's emotional regulation, as well as every other part of the them. And I will make it known to the parents and other educators to do the same. As I said before, everyone and everything plays an important part in child development.

Sydney, Austrailia uses IQ tests to assess their children. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Forth Edition - Australian Standardisation (WISC-IV), is an individually administered instrument for assessing the cognitive ability of children aged 6 years to 16 years. The WISC-IV is one of the most reliable and valid IQ testing instruments available. It is the most widely used measure of IQ for school placement.

I want to share something else I read about the IQ tests in Sydney and why children should be assessed:

"Uncharacteristic behavioural/emotional issues - If a child is bored and under challenged in the classroom there may be a significant discrepancy between their ability level and the ability level of their class-room peers. A bored, gifted child may be showing their frustration by being disruptive in school, refusing to do homework, or displaying uncharacteristic behaviour or emotions. Often very bright children underachieve in order to fit in with their peers. It is helpful to identify giftedness as soon as possible so that a child's environment can be adapted successfully to best fit their ability."

I saw this happen too many times while I was in school. The most gifted children were the ones who always got in trouble. And I was the child that was considered to be "disruptive". But I was only trying to help my peers. lol I used to be the one to finish my work before everyone else. Then I would be bored because everyone was still working. So I would try to help them in order to speed up the process so that I would have someone to talk to ...not a good idea lol. Now looking back on it, if I would have been properly assessed, maybe I would have been promoted or something...It truly makes me think...

http://www.sydneychildtesting.com.au/iq_testing.html