Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 2

One topic that I found new is the application of science in Brazil. I know that through science a child can discover the world they live in and discover the world outside of their binderies. Through science a child can learn math, social skills, inventions and critical problem solving. In an effort to promote science the Global Children’s Initiative, began the Núcleo Ciência Pela Infância. These groups work with the local experts and targeted the “science of child health and development to guide stronger policies and larger investments to benefit young children and their families in Brazil” (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2014). In Zambia the existence of a gap in the field of early education is an issue there as it is in America. Assessments are in place “to measure the full impact of the anti-malaria campaign on Zambia’s human capital development, the ZECDP created a new comprehensive instrument for assessing children’s physical, socio-emotional, and cognitive development before and throughout their schooling careers—the first assessment tool of its kind in Zambia” (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2014). The third new issue is Un Buen Comienzo (UBC), “A Good Start,” (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2014). This program is to develop a quality program in language development of the 4 and 5 year olds. This project also targets the “intervene in critical health areas that improve school attendance as well as socioemotional development, and it seeks to involve the children's families in their education” (Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University, 2014). I see that an effort is being made in other countries to develop a quality early childhood educational program. In these counties they also face a gap among different schools. The effort is being made to close the gap so that all children can have a chance to succeed and improve their future. Reference Harvard University’s “Global Children’s Initiative” website (http://developingchild.harvard.edu/initiatives/global_initiative/),