Cultural Responsive Care & Diverstiy

     This week I would like to share the organization that I chose last week to research more and to learn more about. The organization is NAEYC, The National Association for the Education of Young Children. This organization is dedicated to informing and educating Early Childhood professionals on best practices and developmentally appropriate curriculum. They hold fabulous National Conferences along with many other trainings throughout the year that they offer. Becoming a member is very reasonable and receiving their copy of YC Young Children is worth the cost of membership alone. The magazine is always full of interesting articles directly related to our profession. The article that caught my eye in this months magazine was "I didn't know there were Black Cowboys" (McNair, 2014). When I read the title I knew then that the issue I would be choosing would be Culturally responsive care and education. It was a fun and interesting article about Literacy development specific to the impact on African American families when introduced to books on their culture. I was ashamed to realize that my classroom's book shelves do not hold the cultural diversity that I let myself believe. I have some more work to do. I am anxious to read other blogs from peers to see what other interesting websites are out there.


Jennifer Pore`

McNair, J. (2014). I Didn't Know There Were Black Cowboys: Introducing
     African American Families to African American Children's Literature. YC
     Young Children NAEYC, Retieved from
     http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/naeyc/youngchildren_201403/index.php

NAEYC, (2014) The National Association for the Education of Young Children.
     Retrieved from http:/naeyc.org