Thursday, 28 March 2024

Goulart receives national child care teacher award

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HIDDEN VALLEY LAKE, Calif. – The Terri Lynne Lokoff Child Care Foundation (TLLCCF) announced that Jean Goulart of Hidden Valley Lake received the 2014 Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children’s TYLENOL National Child Care Teacher Award at a special ceremony on April 3 in Philadelphia.

Goulart owns and operates Bundle of Joy Preschool Childcare LFCC in Hidden Valley Lake.

This exemplary early care and education teacher was selected from a pool of applicants nationwide.  She received an award of $1,000.

Goulart is seeking a “Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom Certification” which encompasses 10 principles to bring nature back in the lives of children.

She intends to use that certification to educate families about the health benefits of nature activities and provide a nature-filled outdoor experience while children are in childcare and preschool.

There are a total of 54 National Child Care Teacher Award recipients for 2014.  

The recipients of the Terri Lynne Lokoff National Child Care Teacher Awards designed an enhancement project that illustrates the educational, social and emotional benefits for the children in their care.

Goulart’s award-winning project that she will implement with a grant from the awards program is "Bundle of Joy Community Garden/Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom.”

“My classroom enhancement project is the further development of my outdoor classroom. We have grown pumpkin patches over the years that involved the children from seed planting to pumpkin harvest,” said Goulart. “We read about gardens, planting and parts of the seed. We observe potatoes grow their root systems in jars. We carve a jack o lantern and retrieve the seeds for next year. The whole family participates on a weekend day for harvest of the pumpkins, to share the classroom with their child, and share the pumpkin pie the children and I make in class prior to harvest day of the pumpkin patch.”

She added, “All will share in the bounty from our Bundle of Joy Community Garden. The families may harvest vegetables at pick up and share at their table. We will have our garden veggies for lunch or snack. When we have extra we donate to our towns Senior Center where lunch is prepared daily for seniors.”

A committee of national early childhood educators and experts reviewed and scored the applications. Each recipient receives a $1,000 award: $500 to implement their proposed project and $500 to acknowledge their dedication.

From the inception of the Teacher Awards program in 1994 the TLLCCF, with the inclusion of the 2014 recipients, will have presented 789 awards totaling more than $754,000 to early care and education teachers and providers for their dedication and excellence.

“The field of early childhood education is emerging as a necessary beginning for a child’s start to their formal education,” said TLLCCF Executive Director Allan Miller. “Child care teachers are being recognized for the important role they play in providing the first learning opportunities for young children. Children attend an early care and education program from as young as 6 weeks of age to five years old.

“The teachers, particularly those honored as our national award winners, are professionals,” Miller said. “Their curriculum-based lesson plans are designed to further children’s natural creativity and stimulate curiosity to explore.  Teachers play a vital role in the development of children. They introduce children to reading and writing, expanded vocabulary, creative arts, science, and social studies. They use games, music, artwork, films, books, computers, and other tools to teach concepts and skills.”

Continued Miller, “Children learn mainly through investigation and play. Early care and education teachers capitalize on children's play to further language and vocabulary development, improve social skills, introduce scientific and mathematical concepts, learn self-help skills and physical independence through play and social interaction. When teachers have done their jobs well they will have instilled a life-long love of learning in their young charges.”

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