Note of Thanks

I would like to take this opportunity to thank our instructor Dr. Williams for sharing her insights and knowledge.   I would also like to express gratitude to my Fellow Colleagues for sharing your educational and professional experiences, insights, ideas, and viewpoints throughout this course in Communication and Collaboration in the Early Childhood Field—it has been very enlightening and informative.  I am constantly amazed by the dedicated professionals working in the early childhood field striving to facilitate optimal care and learning into the classroom. “Scholarly research validated what early childhood professionals have always known intuitively: the quality of young children’s experience in early care and education settings is directly related to the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of the adults caring for them” (Swim & Watson, 2011, p. 4).  I believe as early childhood professionals we have been given a wonderful opportunity to provide optimal learning experiences for the children we serve and impart knowledge to help them function successfully in their family, community, and greater society.   “The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six.”  - Maria Montessori   I wish all my Fellow Colleagues the best of luck with their continuing studies.  God Bless!!

                                                                  Reference
Swim, T. & Watson, L. (2011). Infants and toddlers: Curriculum and teaching (7^th ed.). Wadsworth, CA: Cengage Learning