"Of course children benefit from positive feedback. But praise and rewards are not the only methods of reinforcement. More emphasis should be place on appreciation--reinforcement related explicitly and directly to the content of the child's interest and efforts".

Words of Concern from Aisha Ray PhD

"It's not all about you, you got to take your ego out of it."

*Renatta M. Cooper

Dressing up as a clown was not my idea, but the children loved it...

Personal Childhood Web

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another’s desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck

http://www.quotegarden.com/family.html

My Oldest Sister...

Maiya showed me the toughest love and had the highest expectations for me. She wanted the best for me and succeed in life. We fought like cats and dogs, but she never stopped being my sister... She plans all the family trips and the gathering to keep the traditional going since my mom passed..

My 2nd Oldest Sister..

Maila was the hardest one on me because she saw the reflection of herself when she was younger. No confident, shy and all attitude. She told me, "don't make the people around you happy, make yourself happy that is all that matters." 

My Beautiful Mom... 

The battles and struggles she fought to make sure her ducks were in a row and we had everything to live comfortably... Unconditional love that last a life time.  The best memory I had with my mom was the long nights were stayed up watching movies together when no one else was home..

 My Two Only Brothers....

                                         Right: George Left: John

My two younger brothers who were like my older brothers. They supported me through my selfish days and gave when I didn't have anything. We use to play cops and robbers and house outside.

My Fiance...

Scott has supported and still does through whatever obstacles I overcame or currently overcoming. He has an unconditional love that keeps going...

Just cause they are young and little doesn't mean they don't want to explore and learn...

Beautiful things about Learning...

I remember the very first time I read this book to a classroom full of mommies. It was Mother's day lunch at the daycare where I was previously employed at and I was volunteered to read this book. (Just a recap, my mom passed away just the month before Mother's Day). I wasn't aware about what the story was about until I read into the story and it hit me hard. As I was reading this book to all the mommies, I was crying, sniffing, and sad all at the same time. I had one of my preschoolers come to me and question me why I was crying, gave me a hug and went back to sit down with his mom. I cried even more because to have a child not knowning why I was in tears to give me a hug because he saw me sad. Every since then I have been stuck on this book and have one of my own. I got my sister to read it and she cried like a baby. She yelled at me because she didn't think she would cry like that over a children's book.  Until this day I still get choked up reading this book or talking about it.

Circle Time with my preschoolers... Alphabet time...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz1Ui0W8eV8