Establishing Professional Contacts

Macedonia Foundation for Educational and Cultural Initiatives of Macedonia (FECIM) Suzana Kirandziska Email: skiran@soros.org.mk China – Hong Kong OMEP National Committee for Hong Kong Pacific Early Childhood Education Research Association Dr. Betty Chan Po-king 20 Somerset Rd. Kowloon Tong, Kowloon Hong Kong Tel: 852-23396005 Email: sannas@ycef.com These are the two contacts that I chose. I have families that are from these areas and understanding their trends and issues will help me in my profession. Part of being a quality center is having a clear view of the families and accepting their diversities. Expanding Resources The issue in which I found interesting is about brain development and how important it is to keep a child active and engaged. Parent and childcare providers need to understand how the brain functions. We need to learn how we can enhance healthy brain development. The first three years of a child’s life is important and we as educators need to reach the child at this age in order for them to succeed in the future. “The first three years of life are a period of incredible growth in all areas of a baby's development. A newborn's brain is about 25 percent of its approximate adult weight. But by age 3, it has grown dramatically by producing billions of cells and hundreds of trillions of connections, or synapses, between these cells. In this section you will learn about the many ways parents and caregivers can help children get off to a good start and establish healthy patterns for life-long learning” (Zero To Three). References The Global Alliance of NAEYC has e-mail addresses for early childhood professionals worldwide:http://www.naeyc.org/resources/partnership/globalalliance Zero To Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families http://www.zerotothree.org/about-us/ )