The views and thoughts for Early Childhood Education
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by: L.Baker
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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 Time: 10:44 AM
The views and thoughts of Early Childhood Education Early childhood development and literacy during early childhood is a major concern and has been for several years. During this stage children are not only expected to meet educational goals, it is also imperative to set forth and accomplish social goals. Since children learn at different rates it is important that the educator as well as the parent acknowledge these differences; be patient, and handle these learning differences accordingly. This also applies to social skills in children which again can be nurtured by the influence and motivation of educators and parents. In order for these goals to be accomplished educators should always stay open to new suggestions to properly educate their auditory, visual, and hands on learners, and lastly but most important be patient. In order to promote early childhood education and development, programs need to be geared toward the educational level for that child as well as accommodating any special needs. For instance, if given the proper tools and adequate teaching techniques a 4-year old should be able to listen to a story, answer questions and figure out what will happen next. Not only are they able to listen and comprehend, they learn to study the pictures to help with understanding the story. There are many skills and educator can teach by reading a story such as; counting skills, order of events, color skills, shapes and size. Our children gain so much knowledge from listening to a story. In addition to educational goals, social goals should be met during early childhood. Children not only learn at different rates, but they develop at different rates as well. There are several ways to nurture social skills for instance daycares and schools providing the opportunity for children to enhance the skills in different learning centers that allow a few children to interact throughout the day. For example the block center gives the children a chance to not only interact but express themselves creatively. They also learn how to share with the other children in the block center, which is important during early childhood development. There is also the dramatic play center which includes a kitchen, dolls and dress-up clothes, allowing a child a chance to interact with others, role play and again portray adult life as they see it as a child. In addition, it promotes communication between the students and it allows them the chance to ask questions and answer questions as well, which helps develop their social skills. In short early childhood development literacy is of great concern today. All educators make a major contribution simply by just being there for the children. When educators allow the students a chance to express themselves creatively and to learn they are allowing the students a chance to flourish and to achieve
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Leticia Baker
