Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health

The annual conference for the Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health is Friday. 2011 Infant Mental Health Conference

What do you think of technology?

I'd like to "have a conversation" with anyone reading this blog about this link:
http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/how-a-one-year-old-thinks-about-reading_b40042

This is worth reading

Check out the latest E-Brief from the Chicago Department of Public Health, Office of Violence Prevention!

http://chicagosafestart.net/bin/file/pdf/5E-12a.KeepChildrenSafe.B2School.pdf

Testing New Ideas

I've been reading e-newsletters and blogs to learn more about how to share information. For those of you who are following my blog I do hope you'll post comments.

This Friday is a conference for the Ounce of Prevention Fund. They host a really nice conference that surrounds professionals with new information, confirmation of a job well done, and sharing of ideas. I will be presenting a workshop in the morning and I always enjoy learning during the rest of the day. This is a conference that I find stimulating and interesting.

Many Uses of Blogs

I hope that you will all be following each other through your blogs and invite your friends and co-workers to join in. This is a way to connect ideas and share what you're learning.

Over the next two weeks you will be exploring different ideas through your study.


Here are some good resources for you to view:
Holly Elissa Bruno: 
http://www.hollyelissabruno.com/

Child Care Information Exchange:
http://www.childcareexchange.com/

Finding Ways to Connect

It was really fabulous to have so many graduates to celebrate for 2011. I'll create a link for everyone who would like to see the photos from the celebration.

Gaining more information

It is my belief that everything begins in infancy so that knowing and understanding the period of time from birth through age 3 (or four) begins the base for all future growth and learning. Sharing ideas about how children learn from infancy can help understand older children's behavior and learning.

Share your ideas on this blog. I am looking forward to reading what you think.

Adding more to our growing knowledge

There are plenty of opportunities to learn more about infants and toddlers. Check out what Head Start has learned through research: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/opre/ehs/perf_measures/reports/prgm_perf_measures/prgm_perf_measure_4pg.pdf

Great Resources for Infant Toddler Practitioners

The Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning, CSEFEL, just released a publication to help understand temperament in infants and toddlers. You can read it online at http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/resources/wwb/wwb23.html

Share what you are learning

This blog allows you to share information with other people and it is not part of a course! It is important to think about what you are thinking about with the work you do with infants, toddlers and their families.

Just today I had a parent/toddler group and realized how much energy it takes to be with toddlers. As much as I enjoy it the energy that it takes to sustain their interests and build their vocabulary is really intense.