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Remembering Alice Honig
March 23, 2023
"Recognizing and respecting the wisdom of children can be a powerful force in fostering their holistic development."
-Ruth Wilson
-Ruth Wilson
Our Exchange Press family celebrates the long life and contributions of Alice Honig, a passionate director, clinical psychologist, author and professor of early childhood development, language, play, and more, often focusing on infants and toddlers. Honig passed away earlier this month at 93.
“She loved teaching and writing about language and social development, including over a dozen books, received numerous awards including Barnard Alumnae 2015 Woman of Achievement Award, and trained childcare staff all over the world in her inimitable vivacious, warm style,” according to the Syracuse Post Standard. At Syracuse, Honig and her colleague Bettye Caldwell created the Children's Center, integrating health and school readiness programs for low-income preschoolers, which would become a model for Head Start. We are also grateful for inspiring articles she contributed to Exchange magazine from 1982 to 2017!
Honig’s gifts can perhaps best be summed up in her own words, from her book on Infant Caregiving co-authored with J. Ronald "Ron" Lally:
“Foster spiritually sustaining qualities: compassion, a sense of stirred wonder, doses of humor to relieve tedium or tumbles, comradely courtesies, and joy and complex enterprise. May trainers and caregivers find many satisfactions together in this journey toward unknown futures.”
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Comments (8)
Displaying All 8 CommentsEugene, OR, United States
Oh, what lovely recollections of a spirited and gentle soul. I'm grateful we've been so blessed with many wonderful leaders, change-makers, thinkers and doers like Alice...
Music with Mar.
PALM HARBOR, FL, United States
A few years back, I had the priviledge of interviewing Dr. Honig for the Music & Learning Program. What I remember most, and what endeared her to me, was how she referred to babies as 'delicious'. She was a positive light in this world and that light will continue to shine.
Retired
Lincoln , NE, United States
We all owe Alice such gratitude for everything she brought to our profession, and for the way she approached this work with such love and kindness.
Empire State College
Castro Valley, CA, United States
She was a voice we must not forget sharing a deep understanding of infants and toddlers especially.
University of Phoenix/ Red Rocks Community College
Denver, Colorado, 80222, Colorado, United States
I am particularly grateful to Alice (name of one of my grandchildren) for keeping the critically important work of Erikson alive and in font of those who work with young children. There has been a continual effort to pull us towards STEM, cognitive development, and the "mental" side of development; Alcie reminded us of how critical the emotional and social aspects of development continue to be!
Eugene, OR, United States
Yasmina, you've said it perfectly, and you would know! And Ellen, I imagine there are legions like you who were touched by Alice, too. Thank you both for taking the time to share your thoughts!
National Head Start Association
Alexandria, Virginia, United States
Alice was like no one else! Extending her wonderment and her love of babies and adults who cared for them to everyone, she included the world. And inspired those of us who were fortunate to know her to try to be just a little more like her. RIP
Self employed
Fort Collins, Colorado, United States
Alice Honig’s work was a great inspiration to me as I worked to provide education and support to caregivers and teachers working with infants and toddlers and their families.
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