Babies begin to learn
about the world around them from a very early age including during the
prenatal, perinatal (immediately before and after birth) and postnatal
period.
Children’s early
experiences – the bonds they form with their parents and their first learning
experiences – deeply affect their future physical, cognitive, emotional and
social development.
Early childhood is a
crucial stage of life in terms of a child's physical, intellectual, emotional
and social development. Growth of mental and physical abilities progress at an
astounding rate and a very high proportion of learning takes place from birth to
age six. It is a time when children particularly need high quality personal
care and learning experiences.
Education begins from the
moment the child is brought into this world and continues on when the child
starts to attend playgroups and kindergartens. The learning capabilities of
humans continue for the rest of their lives but not at the intensity that is
demonstrated in the pre-school years. With this in mind, babies and toddlers
need positive early learning experiences to help their intellectual, social and
emotional development and this lays the foundation for later school success and
for the future
Early childhood
education is a branch of education theory which relates to the
teaching of young children (formally and informally) up until the age
of about eight.
Infant/toddler education,
a subset of early childhood education, denotes the education of children from
birth to age two.
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