Club News and Upcoming Events

The club met on Tuesday, January 25 and elected the following slate of officers:

President...................................................................Reyna Richman
Co-Vice-President..............................................Doreen Brittingham
Co-Vice President..............................................Maria Capitummino
Co-Secretary...........................................................Dawn Hemmings
Co-Secretary...........................................................Rocio Hernandez

Anna Seale will continue in her role as Treasurer, and Christine Michiko Chan is our new Website Assistant. Congratulations to all of our newly elected officers!

Our meeting was enjoyable and productive. We solidified plans to attend the upcoming Brooklyn Reading Council Conference and the Student Life Conference, and made plans for the spring semester. We unveiled our new NAEYC resource rack of brochures and pamphlets, and provided free scissors for students to add to their "Mary Poppins" bags. (Last semester we provided free glue.) The winners of our door prizes were Faiza, Llalaira, and Maria. Each received a goldtone "Circle of Children" pin from the NAEYC.

The yearbook photographer attended our meeting and took a lovely picture of all the members who were present. We hope to have it available for posting real soon!

The club will be involved in a number of important projects and events over the coming weeks and months. Please mark your calendars!

Thursday, January 27

Student Life Conference: "Don't Get Mad - Get Civil"
KCC MAC Conference Center
1 p.m.

Friday, February 4

Brooklyn Reading Council Conference
KCC MAC Conference Center
8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Wednesday, February 16

Officers Meeting
Club Room - V125
2 p.m.

(Please note: The club will NOT have a general meeting next month, since there are no classes at KCC during the last week of February.)

Tuesday, March 1

Spring Semester Begins
Club Professional Library Unveiled
Details to follow

Tuesday, March 29

Club Meeting & T-Shirt Party
V118
3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Details to follow

We welcome your comments, feedback and suggestions. You can e-mail us anytime at profnleggio@aol.com. See you soon!

Brooklyn Reading Council Conference to be Held at Kingsborough...Discount for Students!

The local chapter of the International Reading Association (The Brooklyn Reading Council) is having its annual conference on Friday, February 4th from 8am to 3pm in the MAC Center at KCC. There will be guest speakers and many valuable workshops to choose from! Topics include: teaching reading; multicultural children's literature; and many others. The discounted price for full-time students is only $15 for the entire day of events, and includes a free continental breakfast and lunch.

The club will be attending, and all ECE students are welcome to join us. Registration forms are available on the bulletin board in V115. YOU MUST INCLUDE A PHOTOCOPY OF YOUR STUDENT I.D. WITH THE REGISTRATION FORM in order to get the student discount. The deadline to mail in your form & fee is January 25th, so hurry! If you have any questions, please see Prof. Annie Couper in V115, or send an e-mail to profnleggio@aol.com .

(A special thank you to Prof. Couper for sharing this information with us!)

Helping Children to Cope with Tsunami Coverage

Media coverage of the tsunami in South Asia has been quite extensive. Those of us who work with young children may be wondering how to deal with their questions, confusion, and anxiety about this subject.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children has prepared an excellent article on this important topic, "Helping Young Children After a Disaster." You can read it by logging on to their website: www.naeyc.org.

Coming Soon...Photo Gallery!

In the coming weeks the club will begin to post photos of ECE students and their work, as well as recent club activities. Watch for updates soon!

Features and Updates

This website is just in its infancy stage, so please bear with us as we continue to "learn by doing" as John Dewey taught us!

We hope to feature lots of information about the field of early childhood education in the near future, so we invite you to check for further developments in the coming weeks.

Welcome to the KCC ECE Club Website

This website has been created for the Early Childhood Club at Kingsborough Community College. Our goal is to provide students with an opportunity to network and socialize with other early childhood and educational studies majors. We meet on the last Tuesday of every month in Room V118, from 3 to 4 p.m.


Our next meeting is on Tuesday, January 25th, 2005, where we will unveil our new professional resource library! We will also hold elections for two new officers, and have our picture taken by the yearbook photographer. As always, free refreshments and free resources will be provided to all in attendance. There will be door prizes and a few other surprises as well...so please join us!