That’s right!  We are here.  What an event.  It spans across the Anaheim convention center and neighboring hotels.  There are more signs driving in for where NAEYC than Disneyland! 

My colleague Cindy and I are in complete fascination and admiration of the people that come here from all over the world to learn more so he or she can provide better education and care to children.

We have met people from all over the United States from New York to South Dakota to Michigan to Puerto Rico!  We’ve met several people from Canada, the Bermudas and believe it or not, the United Kingdom!  They are representatives of their institutions, professors of their universities child development programs, directors of centers, teachers from public and private centers, Head Start teachers and facilitators, family day care providers and even parents, not affiliated with anyone.

The exhibitors that are here range from furniture for children to publishers and playground equipment to organizations like our neighbor...

Tweet Until we have our child care initiatives page set up and running, I thought I would blog about a teacher's award that came across a twitter feed. It is sponsored by Tylenol and part of The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation.

The award is meant to encourage and recognize early child care teachers for "providing quality care and education." The award goes to fifty teachers that applied for it and of the top ten, one is awarded the Helen Marks Award as National Child Care Teacher of the Year.

Check out the application process, there is a project required as part of the process in which you will be asked to design an enhancement project for the children in your classroom. Sounds like a great and fun challenge to me!

Award ranges from $500 - $1,000 dollars for the teachers personal use and an additional $500 to put toward the project in your application. They even fly you out and pay for hotel accommodations so you can attend the ceremony that is held in Pennsylvania....