Zero to Three

This week in our Issues and Trends in ECE class we are learning more about the organization we chose during the first week of class and sharing more information about it.

I chose to learn more about the ECE site:

www.zerotothree.org

This organization is a non-profit national organization that focuses on providing information to professionals, parents, supporters and policymakers in the interest of young children. Their main focus seems to be health and development in the early years.

I signed up for the newsletter a week ago but haven't received more than a confirmation as of yet.

While browsing the site I stumbled upon a lot of interesting information. What stands out to me about this organization is all the effort put into try to show and convince policymakers how important it is to invest in infant-toddler programs and services. There was also an initiative that caught my attention. This fairly new initiative talks about implementing early learning guidelines that will aid those working with this age on what they are capable of learning and doing. The guidelines would be distributed to each state and its up to that state to decide how to distribute it across the board.

The site is truly informative for anyone who works with or comes in constant contact with a child age birth to 3. I plan to use many of the resources on the site in collaboration with my own preschool.