EARLY CHILD EDUCATION


Early Child Education also known as Nursery Education is an educational program that deals with the teaching of young children from one year to about four years of age. Early child education differs in terms of funding and sponsorship. It can be owned by a private individual, a local school or by the government.
However, Early Child Education is seen as a very crucial period in a child's development as it is the foundation of all educational pursuit.At this stage of the child, parents are the child's first teacher and therefore an integral part of the early learning process. The child imitate and repeat actions they observe or see adult do.
The various ways in which children learn are:
- Play
- Interaction with friends
- Imitating adult
- What they see and observe

IMPORTANCE OF EARLY CHILD EDUCATION

On this, most people think putting their wards in pre-school is really a waste of money,but that is not true. Below are the importance of Early Child Education:

- It enables a child socialize, drives away shyness and help a child gain self-confidence.

- It develops the cognitive state of the child.

- Early Child Education builds a strong educational foundation for a child.

- It makes a child value education at an early stage.

- It makes a child to be familiar with the environment outside his home.