Importance Of Early Childhood Education

Purpose/Goals of Early Childhood Education
It is of utmost relevance to understand the importance of Education before considering why early childhood education is necessary. Education has been the major light to the development of nations all over the world. Even before the independence of most countries, people have undergone various training and education abroad which led to the development of their countries. The purpose of education is to bring development to the nations. The broad goal of early childhood education is to increase children’s performance in the preschool and at both primary and college education. In the preschool, children learn new skills, which they have not been exposed to at their different homes. Also, there is a socio-cultural

This is because children are introduced to these subjects with fun and supportive environment, before they are enrolled into formal school and must learn these subjects in stricter, educational environment.

 Early childhood education helps children in learning to interact in social settings with their friends and teachers. Preschool and daycare are places to help children adapt with situations when children need to cooperate and work together with other people, solve problems and arguments, communicate with other people, learn about figure of authority, learn how to perceive permissions and prohibitions and many other social skills.

 Early childhood education helps children learn useful life skills that seem simple but actually very beneficial, such as eating with utensils and standard table manners, taking care of their own belongings, tidying up the class and their tables, and such. These lessons help them to be more

Vygotsky argued that since cognition occurs within a social context, our social experiences shape our ways of thinking about and interpreting the world. Vygotsky proposed that children learn through their interactions with more knowledgeable peers and adults. His concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what a learner can do with help. According to Vygotsky, "what is in the zone of proximal development today will be the (child’s) actual developmental level tomorrow" His approach calls for teachers to incorporate students’ needs and interests when developing curricula. Every student should actively participate in a reciprocal interaction with their classmates and