My reflection on : Getting ready to read and the NAEYC joint position statement.

These two articles are both very important and relate to and support each other.

In the NAEYC position statement we look at how we as early childhood educators can encourage and support, parental involvement and interaction, retention of the home language and culture as well as promote better communication between the parents, the child and the educator. Better communication will result in a better experience for all involved.

In "Getting ready to read" we look at and get a general over view of just how important linguistic interaction is between parent and child, the age of the child does not impact the importance, but rather the use and application of the knowledge gained from the linguistic interaction with the parent. For instance, a six week old infant will not gain the same depth of knowledge from the song "the wheels on the bus", but that does not diminish the importance of singing to that infant, they will learn an instinctive knowledge of cadence in language and music, etc... . The knowledge these children gain might not be readily apparent, but down the road it will become more and more prominent.

When parents are encouraged to keep up communication with their children, regardless of the language with which they are communicating, it helps the child to understand language in general (written and spoken) better. Every child is different and has their own learning style and rate, when the teacher has good communication with the family, as well as the child, they all have a better idea of that learning style and rate.

I really appreciate it, that in both articles different scenarios are used as examples that are everyday happenings that most would write off, they encourage us to look at those situations and instances in a new light.