Words of Inspiration and Motivation

"We have taken up the age-old challenge of poverty and we don't intend to lose generations of our children to this enemy of the human race." President Lyndon B. Johnson in Remarks on Project Head Start (May 18, 1965)

"The Great Society is a place where every child can find knowledge to enrich his mind and to enlarge his talents.... It is a place where the city of man serves not only the needs of the body and the demands of commerce but the desire for beauty and the hunger for community.... It is a place where men are more concerned with the quality of their goals than the quantity of their goods." President Lyndon B. Johnson

"As your baby progresses from one milestone to the next, remember that he doesn't really leave any of them behind. In order to grow and develop to his full potential he must continually build on and strengthen all of the steps that have gone before." Dr. Stanley Greenspan

"Parents are led to believe that they must be consistent, that is, always respond to the same issue the same way. Consistency is good up to a point but your child also needs to understand context and subtlety . . . much of adult life is governed by context: what is appropriate in one setting is not appropriate in another; the way something is said may be more important than what is said." Dr. Stanley Greenspan

"What keeps me engaged is we're not there yet" Renatta M. Cooper 

"Today, my passion as a professional really is to bring my ideas to action into changing policy, into changing practice and influencing research" Leticia Lara LCSW

Personal Childhood web

Mother

My mother is a very caring and sensitive person. Since I was very young she has always been a role model for me, she showed me how to consider other people's feelings and how to treat myself and others with respect. She always trusted me, and that made my confidence grow.

Father

Since I was a child my father always made me feel like I was different from my brother and sister, we still have a special relationship, our personalities are so similar that we understand each other without having to say anything. He taught me to be independent and always supported my choices, he encouraged me to pursue anything I believed in.

Sister

My sister is one year older than me, she is a very sensitive person, and whatever she decided to do she always considered my feelings first, this taught me how to be thoughtful and kind to others.  

Brother

I remember that when we were kids we always used to play together and he would share his toys with me. He believed in me so much, he always told me that I was capable of doing anything I set my mind to. He encouraged me to do more with my life, since I graduated he was the one who kept pushing me to pursue my studies further. He is a role model to me because he moved away when he was only a teenager just to have a better education.

I was blessed with a caring family which allowed me to grow in a safe and healthy environment. These family members taught me how to be strong and believe in myself, they gave me the confidence to keep moving forward and never to give up on my dreams.

One of my favorite children's book is Mouse Mess by Linnea Asplind Riley.

Mouse Mess is a silly story about a mouse that wakes up at night to eat while everyone is sleeping. It is written in a way that attracts children's attention, there is only one line with rhyming words per page. The mouse makes a big mess while eating then it wonders who made that mess. When I read this story to my students they can't stop laughing and we always make a mess in the classroom to explain what happened in the story. This story broadens children's imagination by making them wonder what could happen in their house while they are sleeping. It also makes them more aware of the difference between real stories and fiction.

"A person's a person, no matter how small". Dr Seuss.

Hi all,

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