Blog Assignment: Sharing Web Resources

An area of the NAEYC website that I have not looked more into has been the newsroom area. Therefore I decided to explore this area and see what I could find. In the newsroom it presented articles of information about new projects that NAEYC as an organization has been working and it also has links to articles about what is going on around the world. Such as an Update of the Government shut down and how it is relating to Early Childhood Education. This article provided a lot of information that relates to the topic that we have been discussing in class this week. The article talks about how the government shut down is effecting vital programs for our young children and their families. The funding from Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG)* may be cut for early childhood programs depending on the state. Some Head Start programs have had to shut their door because the never received funding from the grants that they were waiting on. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)* will not be awarding any new funds. Child Nutrition:will be limited funding available and providers will not be reimbursed for services until 2014 appropriations are made. The  Newsroom section ha a lot of information on different policy updates as well such as the Senate Appropriations Bill. 
Another section of the NAEYC website that I have found to be beneficial has been the family link. In this link it takes you over to a website that provides a lot of information for families. There is information about finding quality and accredited childcare (what to look for and sign of quality), information about child development, reading and writing, math and music. There is also a news letter families can sign up for and even though I do not have children of my own I will be subscribing to this newsletter as well. There is also a section where families can ask any questions they may have from finding care to dealing with behaviors. It gives them the opportunity to talk to some professionals. There are also articles about different strategies to help families with things such as siblings and roles that they play in the family. 
 Being that I am a Pre-K teacher I found a tab on the cite that is strictly for Pre-K teachers. I found a lot of articles that will assist me with dealing with challenges in the classroom and for better classroom management skills. I plan to join this organization by the end of the year so that I am able to subscribe to newsletters and other professional development websites, I have found this website to be very helpful with all of my current and future career goals. I feel it will be of great benefit to become a member. Browsing through the website some more I finally figured out how to subscribe to a news letter without being a member. So hopefully I will be receiving some great articles soon. 
 Overall I think this website provides a lot of great information for Early Childhood Educators and their families. I am learning that if you become a member then you will be able to have more access to journals and articles related to the field. There are only certain things that you can view as a non member, but there is still a lot of vital information.