Early Childhood Education: Foundation of a Successful Life

Preschool today hasn’t become just a place where parents drop their children in childcare while they’re at work, parents now are expecting more from the individuals they entrust their child’s life. Preschool if taught by untrained teachers offering poor quality childcare can harmful to the development of a young child. It is where children begin to learn the basics and necessities to perform if not succeed in life as well as school. According to the National Association for the Education of Young Children, early childhood education can be defined as high-quality programs geared towards children from birth to age 8. The programs include preschool, HeadStart, and other programs geared toward the development of children of preschool age and should be publicly available and free to all. The programs are effective both academically and socially, inexpensive, and they would help close the achievement gap.

Early childhood education programs are effective both academically and socially. Children’s first five years are when they build the emotional and social skills needed to succeed in life. Upon entering kindergarten children are expected to know the basics: how to

Children have to learn to communicate their needs to teachers thus enhancing their communication skills. They also learn certain “soft” skills such as washing hands and putting shoes on, at a quicker pace in group settings at preschool. Social-emotional skills are said to be the foundation to lifelong learning, having a strong foundation can help succeed in school as well as adults. Being in the education field. I am able to pinpoint children that have been exposed to some form of early learning. Those children respond thoughtful to directions and task given to them, are ahead in their class cognitively, and have the ability to communicate their concerns and needs