Publications by L. Carol Scott

7 Childhood Treasures Publications

Wisdom of Childhood
Do you want to live beyond the routines of earning and consuming? Would you like to stop censoring who you are, without losing relationships? Are you willing to believe in your dreams and bring them into reality? Imagine, if you will, that these goals are possible. Read More...

Childhood Treasure of Trust
Whenever I trust, I am hoping I am right to trust. Whenever I trust, I fear I should not be. It seems there is always good reason to trust and always some doubt about that good reason. Is that how it is for you? Read More...

Childhood Treasure of Independence
Independence isn’t freedom from the control, influence, support and aid of others. It is freedom from control and
choice over influence, support and aid. Independence is not isolation; it is separation with interaction. In the parlance of psychology, this treasure is about boundaries. Read More...

Childhood Treasure of Faith
Faith is belief in the impossible, belief in something you cannot fully comprehend or explain. It is belief in a dream or possibility that defies reason and logic. With no earthly reason to believe, you believe anyway. Read More...

Child Care and Early Education Articles

Child Care is a Business
Kansas Child magazine, Winter, 2007
Change what you call something and you change how you think about it. When enough of us change how we think, we change cultural norms. It's true. When I was 25, the terms firefighter and police officer were uncommon. As a teacher, I used them so that both boys and girls could see themselves in these jobs. Others kept saying fireman and policeman. And then, suddenly, they didn't. We've already changed language and ideas about our profession. Read more....

Getting Through: How to Reach New Partners
Kansas Child magazine, Spring 2002
Everywhere you turn, the expectation, the plan, the goal, maybe the requirement, is to form partnerships. Most of us know we should create or be involved in public-private partnerships if we’re going to achieve our goals for high quality, affordable child care and early education. Many of us have tried to use partnership strategies with little or no success. How can you make this strategy work for your community, county…a whole state? Read more....

From Child Care Provider to Professional Educator: Funding for Professional Development is Changing the Face of Child Care
Kansas Child magazine, Winter 2002
We used to call it training. Twenty-five years ago, at the beginning of my career in early education, educational opportunities for those who worked in child care centers and family child care homes, Head Start and other preschools were all workshops and conferences. And we called it training. Today, research from neuroscience requires that we acknowledge that child care centers and homes, Head Start and other preschool programs are all engaged in early education. Read more....

Imagine That! Teacher Education for Early Childhood Professionals
Whole Child Developments magazine, Fall/Winter 2003
Imagine that it’s the first day of kindergarten. All the neighborhood parents are bringing their fresh-faced, excited or anxious, backpack-laden youngsters into the kindergarten classroom of your local elementary school. A group of excited and anxious parents have gathered around the teacher as the children begin to put away their backpacks and explore the classroom. Read more....