Words of Inspiration and Motivation




This blog is inspired by the contributions of Stanley Greenspan and Lilian Katz for the early childhood field.




Some of Stanley Greenspan contributions according to The Greenspan Floortime Approach (2017)

Stanley Greenspan

• Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at the George Washington University Medical SchoolChairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders
• Founding president of Zero to Three: The National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families
• Director, NIMH Mental Health Study Center and the Clinical Infant Development Program
• Chairman, Diagnostic Classification Committee, Zero to three
• Member, Surgeon General’s Task Force on Infant Mortality
• Practicing Child and Adult Psychiatrist and Psychoanalyst
• Supervising Child Psychoanalyst, Washington Psychoanalytic Institute.

Quotes from Stanley Greenspan

We need to take a less narrow look at our children’s problems and, instead, see them as windows of opportunity—a way of exploring and understanding all facets of our children’s development. If we can understand the underlying developmental process, we can see a child’s struggles as signs of striving toward growth instead of chronic problems or attempts to aggravate adults. 

 ~ Stanley Greenspan

If our society were truly to appreciate the significance of children's emotional ties throughout the first years of life, it would no longer tolerate children growing up or parents having to struggle in situations which could not possibly nourish healthy growth.   

~Stanley Greenspan

Some of Lilian Katz contributions to the early childhood fields according to The Compass School (2017)

Lilian Katz

 Lilian Katz, Ph.D., is a professor emerita of early childhood education at the University of Illinois (Urbana Champaign), and is also the co-director of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education. She is the author of more than 100 publications that focus on many different subjects regarding childhood education. What Dr. Katz seems to be most passionate about is the subject of how and what children should be learning through four specific categories, and how these can be achieved through a project based approach.

Quotes from Lilian Katz

Provide lots of opportunities for children's natural curiosity to manifest itself. With very young children, our role is one of supporter and guide. ~ Lilian Katz

 When children are truly involved in the scientific process they gain understanding, knowledge, and life skills. They deepen their awareness of what's going on around them and how others contribute to their well-being.
 ~ Lilian Katz

A Quote from The Passion for Early Childhood Education

“A build in passion, that it was important to make a real contribution in the world, to fix all the injustice in the world, and by teaching was the way to do so." 

~ Louise Derman Sparks