Sharing Web Resources

• Follow some of the outside links that you have not yet explored. Where do they lead?

I decided to explore past the National Head Start Association website to the individual state websites. I found that the Louisiana Head Start Association office is located in Opelous, LA. I have passed it several times traveling to my families home but never knew it was the Main office. I also learned that Louisiana is apart of Region 6 with Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.

• Thoroughly search one area of the site. What do you find?

I found that the National Head Start Association has a program called GO SMART. The GO SMART program is aimed at having high quality physical eduction programs in head starts. Families and educators learn techniques to engage children from birth up to age five in regular physical activity, inside and outside of the classroom and the home.

• If you receive an e-newsletter, follow a link related to one of the issues you have been studying. What new information is available?

They do not have an e-newsletter. The have a printable newsletter called Family Connections. It did not have any links in it.

• Does the website or the e-newsletter contain any information that adds to your understanding of equity and excellence in early care and education?

The website has a Father/Son Initiative. The National Head Start Association recognizes that a majority of their children come from single mother households, but they do want to reach out to the father's of those children.

• What other new insights about issues and trends in the early childhood field did you gain this week from exploring the website and/or the e-newsletter?

I found that money was given to head start by congress in 2009 but if they don't find a way to keep it going all the extra spots and jobs would be lost due to lack of funding. We need to find better ways of keeping funding for early childhood programs.