Quotations about Early Childhood Education

Included below are some of my favorite quotations about Early Childhood Education and Teaching. I hope that you are able to find a few that you can relate to or that encourage you to think more deeply about interactions with young children.

"We worry about what a child will become, yet we forget that he is someone today."
-Stacia Tauscher
 

"Children are like wet cement. Whatever falls on them makes an impression." - Dr. Hiam Ginnot

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows." -Sydney J. Harris

All of these quotations ring true in my classroom. With Stacia Tauscher's quote, I have to admit that there are times when I am teaching that I forget that I am working with children. Each child is a unique individual that is actively learning in the present. I may be focused about what I want them to learn and how they will demonstrate that they have learned these skills, but I know that I need to step back and focus on what my students have already accomplished and praise them for that. With Dr. Ginnot's quote, children are very observant and will pick up on anything that they see or hear, whether it is good or bad. Unfortunately, bad experiences can quickly erase any good experiences that a student has had, so a teacher needs to make sure that positive praise and teaching occurs all of the time. Sydney Harris made a great analogy to education. Many students who have grown up in disadvantaged homes enter school thinking that their future is dim. A great teacher can help these students understand that they can do whatever they set their heart to do and then provide these students and their families with resources to help these students succeed.

Tiffany Booze


Resources:

Success Degrees, Inc., (2012). Inspirational quotes & quotations on early childhood education for teachers. Retrieved from Success Degrees website: http://www.successdegrees.com/inspirationalquotesaboutearlychildhoodeducationandteaching.html