Early Childhood Education

One type of education that is playing more of a role today is early childhood education. Often called "early childhood learning" or preschool, this used to be more of a place where children were sent to play rather than learn. However, the children learn basically what they used to learn in kindergarten today in preschool. The child successfully completing the school year in preschool will know how to say their ABCs, write their name, count and many other skills that were previously taught in kindergarten.

Developmental skills are honed by the parents to start. After this, when they approach the age of going to school the teachers are their mentors. The child that has spent time having been read to or worked with on the computer even as early as three years old will be smarter, will learn faster and will show more of an interest in learning.

It has been proven that children who did not receive the nurturing and interaction they need with adults have problems in preschool and kindergarten. They are often kept back in early grades because they lack the skills to move to the next level. Even kindergarteners are kept back to learn the skills they did not have when the kindergarten year was over.

This is one reason the early learning years should be spent interacting with your child before sending them off to preschool and to let others deal with the inadequacies that were not addressed earlier. Developmental problems will ensue and cause problems beyond the early years if a solution is not sought.

Orphanages in Russia and Romania have found children who did not receive this crucial interaction and did not form attachments to caregivers. They are not developed in the social aspects of relationships and have not formed the healthy relationships other children form. Their development was far from the healthy development children should experience.