I chose to contact early childhood professionals in British Columbia, Canada and The Netherlands. I chose the countries because the majority of the citizens speak English. I was worried that there might be a language barrier with other countries.
In Canada, I visited the Canadian Child Care Foundation website. I originally emailed Yvonne Dionne at the address listed on the Global Alliance of NAEYC website. It was returned as undeliverable, so I emailed an address for lkerr from the website. In addition, I requested to join their Facebook page and signed up to receive the e magazine, Interaction. (http://www.cccf-fcsge.ca/)
The Netherlands have a website for the International Step by Step Association. I explored the website and emailed Sarah Klaus. As of yet, I have not heard back from her. (http://www.issa.nl/)
I am looking forward to corresponding with EC professionals from other countries to learn about issues and trends from around the world.
In addition to the websites I have already mentioned, I frequently visit the website Zero To Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families. I receive their newsletters and use the information in my child development class curriculum. (http://www.zerotothree.org/)
**Update! Today I received a Facebook friend request from Lynda Kerr from CCCF. I am looking forward to corresponding with her.!
**Update! Today I received a Facebook friend request from Lynda Kerr from CCCF. I am looking forward to corresponding with her.!
2 comments:
Great idea. I really need to get with the social networking. I have facebook but didn't know about the groups. thanks.
It is great to know about Facebook as a resource. I may try that too. Congratulations on the Facebook success! I was a little worried about a language barrier as well so I looked into English speaking countries also. I am still holding out hope for hearing from someone. Looking forward to the results though.
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