Importance of Interconnectedness

09/14/2017

Importance of Interconnectedness

There are three basics for all human beings, but especially for children. The number one basic is wonder, the second one is discovery, and the third is experience.
Bev Bos, 1934-2016, Preschool Director and International Speaker

"Eminent psychologist Urie Bronfenbrenner understood life's tapestry and the importance of interconnectedness when he proposed the human ecological theory of children’s development." So write Sandra Duncan, Jody Martin and Rebecca Kreth in their book, Rethinking the Classroom Landscape.

"Similar to the assortment of threads in an intricately woven tapestry, the lives of young children also include numerous and varied threads or environments such as family, school, peers, and community. The ground on which we walk, schools we attend, and retail establishments in the community we frequent are all common denominators. The relationships we have with each other within these physical locations are the connecting denominators. It is the interconnectedness of these threads that create the tapestries of young children's lives."

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