A study of Early Childhood Development by

ORIGINAL ART

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 16:59:15 UTC

Here is a drawing I made by starting off with pencil and then traced it with a marker of a child's brain with memories that are half faded as if they are forgetting part of it and only remembers half of what happened. You can also see that the hospital bed is fully shown and not faded because it shows that some memories we remember clearly if it was a traumatizing event.

INTRODUCTORY VIDEO

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 16:59:28 UTC

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 16:59:42 UTC

PERSONAL NARRATIVE

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 16:59:56 UTC

All my life I've always loved taking care of kids. Even from when I was a little kid myself. I would hold a fake baby doll in my hands and cradle it as if it were real. Then at ten years old my parents were pregnant again and I knew I was going to be able to help take care of it. Then of course another one came two years later and just at the age of twelve I had two younger siblings to watch. I helped my mom take care of them and watched closely how she nourished them. Now eight years later I can say that I've had quite enough experience with kids. I even started babysitting families who needed help as a side job. My mom always said how I take care of any kid that comes my way as if they're my own. Last year when I was about to graduate, I remember feeling lost and not knowing what I want to pursue for my career. I didn’t know what I could go into that wouldn’t be a last minute and boring thing. Then one day my mom brought to my attention Early Childhood Education and how it is the study of a child’s brain and from there a spark flew. I realized that kids are my passion. To be able to watch little kids grow up and learn new things every day and be able to study a child's brain development and learn how kids act the way they act is so fascinating to me. To be able to work in a program that is ultimately helping the growth of a young child’s development in all aspects and not just the brain is my dream. And what better way to live life than to live out your dream. (303)

SPECIAL SAUCE

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 17:00:13 UTC

I interviewed Shawn-Del Cortese, someone who has a degree in Early Childhood Education and has experience with raising seven of her own children. Shawn-Del views child development as "very important and should be highly regarded in everyone's life if you have a child." She talked about how the environment plays a huge role in their development and to make sure they are safe and well taken care of. She explains how the brain holds onto certain memories that bring us joy and happiness and the ones that are hurtful and hard suppress comes out at the right time for release. She made a good point of saying how sometimes our feelings of a specific memory may come out and show in our actions without us knowing. So, either a memory is memorable from it being happy and joyful or is sad and hurts to remember. Her response to question number two is where she explains how at such a young age kids don't have the ability to remember certain things because of their development and is not quite sufficient and is still immature because of the fact that they are still young and growing. Their brain is not able to work like that yet to be able to remember everything. Shawn-Del's perspective of fun and traumatizing events opened my eyes to how someone processes it. For fun memories, although yes, we might remember it, we cannot remember every little detail. However, the feeling and warmth of that same memory is still with us and stays with us forever. For the traumatizing events, she mentioned how the brain may automatically go into protection mode. For instance, if a kid was at a hospital and had surgery they may not remember much because the brain can't stand the thought of it because it is then reminded of the hurt and scary parts of that memory. Overall, to answer my critical question she stated, "they impact us so much when we grow up because whether good or bad, they've left a mark on us, and they probably have shaped us in some way and they make us stronger for the next thing that we face."

SELF-REFLECTION VIDEO

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 17:01:32 UTC

VISUAL IMAGE #1

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 17:02:09 UTC

It shows how the brain is always ready and alert for the next memory or information.

FINDINGS

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 19:28:31 UTC

VISUAL IMAGE #2

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 19:29:43 UTC

Such a good example of how our brain is constantly putting together pieces of our life and information we attain and how it adds to the puzzle of our brain.

VISUAL IMAGE #3

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 19:30:00 UTC

Perfect for what I am researching. It is true that our hearts are a huge factor to our remembrance of events and experiences. Even if we don't remember everything about that memory.

VISUAL IMAGE #4

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 19:30:21 UTC

This gives an example of some kids making a memory with friends at a park and playing with bubbles. All laughing and smiling and having the time of their lives.

VISUAL IMAGE #5

mylenequevedo02 — 2025-05-09 19:30:37 UTC

A sad moment that may impact this kid's life forever. Traumatically and career wise.