As an educator, this quote above is very inspirational to me and I feel that it can inspire others as well. A few years ago, I ran across this quote when I was struggling with the notion of whether the field of education, let alone early childhood, was really what I wanted to do. Each morning after I pray, I recite this quote. "Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere." And I find this to be extremely true because no matter where a person goes, the things they have learned will never leave them. Though the children I work with are only 3 years of age, I tell them everyday that you never forget what you have learned and you take it with you so that you can learn more.
The above image I have posted throughout my classroom for everyone to see. Though I am still a young educator, the first thing I learned was that all children do not learn at the same pace nor do they learn the same way. Sometimes the typical way of teaching things doesn't click to the learning ability of the child. Sometimes you have to let children explore and see the various ways in which they learn and acquire information, in which one of the main ones is through play. Often times in my classroom I will disregard the lesson plan and just let my children play freely throughout the day and observe them. Play brings out a lot of things in children when you just sit and watch.
