Welcome to my blog. My name is Jolene and I am a working towards my doctorate in Early Child Studies. I have worked my way up the early childhood ladder in my career. I have been an Assistant, Teacher, Child Development and now as an Early Intervention Specialist. Below is a photo of myself when I in second grade at Thanksgiving (I am the Indian in the front row). During this time in my development I was learning to develop relationships with other children and adults. One of the pilgrims in the back row is my friend for over thirty years, so I guess I did pretty good with that relationship.These relationships were a big part of my life at the time. It seemed that there were few others besides my parents whose relationships were so important. At the time I also remember developing my social skills through play. I remember going out to recess with these girls and playing make believe with them with also helped my social skills.
