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Welcome! After countless hours researching early childhood education and the different practices and techniques used worldwide, I have come to some realizations.  The internet is full of amazing information- some good and highly useful and some completely irrelevant and very often incorrect.  If you are anything like me, you will realize that it can be a difficult and somewhat daunting task separating the credible sources from the inaccurate ones.  In an effort to help those of you out there like me looking for good, credible, and relevant information I have taken a step to enter the blogosphere, which is a completely new realm for me.  But I am sure that there are others out there that share my passion for childhood education and I welcome your input.  Through my searching I have found sites that were relevant and credible to my field of interest and added them to my linkroll.  And as the world (and web) change rapidly as time goes on, I am sure that more site will be discovered and added to my linkroll.  I found many helpful search engines such as the Internet Public Library and USA.gov.  The websites I selected were based on the Webby Awards and IMSA criteria.  I applied the Webby Awards criteria by analyzing each site to see if it has " content, structure and navigation, visual design, functionality, interactivity, and overall experience."  Once the site passed all of the criteria I added it to my linkroll and found it appropriate to incorporate it into my blog.  Additionally, I applied the IMSA criteria to my blog when posting other's blogs.  It is important to me to make sure that the blogs that I chose were from credible bloggers that have a high degree of knowledge in the field of education before I chose to share what they had to offer with you- my readers.  Additionally, any blogs that I have selected to support or initiate a topic were blogs known to be influential in the educational field.  I do hope that you will be bookmarking this blog as one of your favorites and that you will stop by again soon for more updates into the educational world.