"This means that nearly half the preschool children of poverty will get a head start on their future. These children will receive preschool training to prepare them for regular school in September. They will get medical and dental attention that they badly need, and parents will receive counseling on improving the home environment".
"This is a most remarkable accomplishment and it has been done in a very short time. It would not be possible except for the willing and the enthusiastic cooperation of Americans throughout the country".
Remarks on Project Head Start
By President Lyndon B. Johnson
The first principle concerns how children learn. " It is only through the active, meaningful engagement and experimentation with objects and people that children can begin to construct knowledge, logical reasoning, and develop social relationships. This happens most easily through children's play and socialization experiences".
By Abigail Adams Eliot
"I had a built-in passion that it was important to make a real contribution to the world, and to fix all the injustices that existed in the world, and I wanted to do this by teaching".
By Louise Derman-Sparks
(Video-The Passion For Early Childhood)
"This is a most remarkable accomplishment and it has been done in a very short time. It would not be possible except for the willing and the enthusiastic cooperation of Americans throughout the country".
Remarks on Project Head Start
By President Lyndon B. Johnson
The first principle concerns how children learn. " It is only through the active, meaningful engagement and experimentation with objects and people that children can begin to construct knowledge, logical reasoning, and develop social relationships. This happens most easily through children's play and socialization experiences".
By Abigail Adams Eliot
"I had a built-in passion that it was important to make a real contribution to the world, and to fix all the injustices that existed in the world, and I wanted to do this by teaching".
By Louise Derman-Sparks
(Video-The Passion For Early Childhood)
