I viewed several different sites before choosing one. I chose The National Black Child Development Institute. The website is www.nbcdi.org. For the past 40 years the National Black Child Institute has been working towards its mission to improve and advance the lives of Black children and their families, through advocacy and education. The affiliates, which are volunteers from across the nation, have been working to improve child welfare services, make universal early care and education a reality, build family support services, press for educational reform and provide vital information regarding our children’s health.
One of the Institutes initiatives is Literacy. Love to Read is the National Black Child Development Institute’s (NBCDI) national early literacy public education initiative designed to help parents and other caregivers improve African American children’s academic performance. Love to Read is targeted towards parents and caregivers of children ages 0 through 6. NBCDI has partnered with Reading is Fundamental (RIF) to offer an early literacy training program to early childhood educators to build their capacity and resources to develop and enhance early literacy skills of African American.
I chose this site because African American children are falling farther and farther behind other children in school. Many of them don't even complete high school let alone attend college. Their are many affiliates in major cities. I am thinking of joining the one in mine!
Thank you for your insight in referencing the information on to The National Black Child Development Institute. I am always looking for age appropriate cultural books for my children. This appears to be a good resource.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the resources you chose to research. The initiative for the National Black Child Development Institute to encourage reading through literacy by including parents and caregivers into their students learning sounds like a terrific way of boosting academic performance for these children.
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You asked me what area of the classroom was my favorite to watch chidren play. I enjoy the pretend play area because children really use their imaginations to become anything they want to be.
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