Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review the following early childhood education websites:
Bright Horizons (Links to an external site.)
Childcare Network (Links to an external site.)
Many parents begin their child’s program search via the Internet. Therefore, as a leader, having a vision for a
program website, as well as the ability to create and develop a website, can benefit you in your future. Your
program’s website plays a very important role in communicating a first impression to families. Many
prospective parents use the Internet to help them identify possible early childhood programs in their geographic
area, and then choose which programs they would like to visit or learn more about based on the information
they find online. This is your opportunity to market your program. An attractive and well-designed website
should be easy to read. Visitors to the site should be able to find the information they need quickly, with just a
few clicks of a mouse.
For your Final Project, you will create a Google site for your own childcare program and facility using Google
sites (Links to an external site.). Your Google site will be targeted toward prospective families and can be
creative in the development but must include all of the following requirements. See the following exemplar for
Create a Google site for your own childcare program and facility using Google sites
Develop an introduction that welcomes families to your center and webpage
About Us Page
Summarize your credentials and biography
Explain the centers scope of services including: Ages served, hours of service, location of center and tuition or
fees.
Program Structure
Establish daily structure including a curriculum unit plan, a sample lunch and snack menu, and explanation of
your curriculum and developmentally appropriate practices.
Philosophy
Outline the philosophy and focus of the program, including your chosen theory from Chapter 1 and construct
your center’s philosophy based on this theory.
Design a statement that demonstrates how your center will address each of the ten NAEYC Standards:
Relationships
Curriculum
Teaching
Assessment of Child Progress
Health
Teachers (how you support your staff)
Families
Community Relationships
Physical Environment (indoors and out)
Leadership and Management (summary of your most recent professional development experience)
The Google Site must have a home page and at least five additional pages, with as many subpages as you
would like, to address the required content above. You are encouraged to creatively address the material using
graphics, visuals, charts, graphs, and sound and at least one visual (photo, drawing, clip art, word art., graphic)
on each page. The website should be designed to clearly and concisely address the material for families. Be
sure to use at least two professional resources and the course text.
earlier, on Columbus Day 1915, former Theodore Roosevelt asserted a similar message to German-Americans: “There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.” “They are working to destroy the efficiency and morale of our fighting men,” continued Tulsa World on August 4, 1918; “Vote for those who will not only advocate beating the German Huns into insensibility, but who are pledged to see to that the American Huns receive the same treatment.” Despite the common use of the word “Huns” to describe German-Americans, other articles claimed that this label was an understatement, that this term could not exemplify the extent of the Germans’ malice. As Aberdeen Daily News asserted on January 16, 1918, “Atilla was an angel of mercy compared to Kaiser and his soldiers.” The reputations of these “Huns” quickly dropped and soon became a figure of antagonism and mistrust. “The moment you permit [a German] to think that he can sign anything with you, he will boast, get hellishly conceited, and stick you in the back as he has done for over 2,000 years,” ranted the Grand Forks Daily Herald on October 23, 1918. A few days later, on November 1, 1918, the Miami Herald gave a similar warning, stating, “German agents are avid in gathering scraps of news… collecting thousands of fragments and patiently piecing together a whole which spells death to our soldiers.” Olympia Daily on September 25, 1918 further proclaimed, “Germans practice virtually every form of treachery and piracy of which the mind can conceive and made the word vandal one of the most descriptive in our language.” Soon, anything related to Germany was targeted by society. “Small boys ‘sicked’ bulldogs, terriers, hounds, and every other canine breed on the poor Fritzies until at last they have been virtually driven off the streets of Cincinnati” reported the Morrow County Republicans on October 10, 1918.