Importance of Early Education for Child Development

This report discusses the importance of early education for child development and provides recommendations on how it can be done. It covers present literacy settings, shared reading programs, reading aloud, guided reading, missing word, vocabulary skills, interactive writing, reading patterns, instructions for better early learning settings, disabilities, health and nutrition, group work, socialization, cooperation and respect. The report emphasizes the importance of parental involvement and positive interactions for a child's overall development.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Present literacy settings..............................................................................................................3
Shared reading programs........................................................................................................4
Reading aloud.........................................................................................................................4
Guided reading.......................................................................................................................4
Missing word..........................................................................................................................4
Vocabulary skills....................................................................................................................5
Interactive writing..................................................................................................................5
Reading patterns.....................................................................................................................5
Instructions for better early learning settings.............................................................................6
Workshops..............................................................................................................................6
Disabilities..............................................................................................................................6
Health and nutrition................................................................................................................7
Group work............................................................................................................................7
Socialization...........................................................................................................................7
Cooperation and respect.........................................................................................................8
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction
Young children are like learning sponges. Early education is more about molding and
honing a child, which eventually forms the foundation of their fruitful future. There have
been debates over the past years regarding the types of program eligible for simple care and
education. In addition to this, the major concern of modern day’s early education programs
ensures that the teaching is of higher quality, as it acts as an investment for their lifelong
journey (Gordon & Browne, 2013).
A union of leaders formed the “early education for all” campaign in order to have
accessibility to high quality education for the children in Massachusetts. The research paper
throws light on the importance of early childhood education and the bond they share with
their educators and parent. Early education is given to the children in order to improve their
skills and knowledge at a young age.
Present literacy settings
Early childhood learning contributes to the overall development of the child’s
personality. They learn the most at their young age, by adopting all new behavior, words and
experiences coming to their way. Their parents also have a greater impression on their future.
The children learn from their parents how to socialize, behave with the elder ones and
cooperate. Therefore, the parents’ behavior has a larger impact on them. Early childhood
educators need to have an idea of their job’s importance. They must research on the benefits
of early education and its necessity. The involvement of children in early educational
programs can have numerous impacts on their minds (Essa, 2012).
Gaining an understanding of these impacts allow an educator to give their best and
work harder every day, for improving the methods. Early education assists the children in

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understanding the societal differences and accepting those. Interviewing the educators and
visiting classrooms have given a brief analysis of the current literacy settings at pre schools.
Those are discussed in this part of the report;
Shared reading programs
A shared reading program is an interactive process, where the educators and children
shares the texts and read it. It benefits the child by improving their reading skills, taking care
of the fluency as well as accuracy. The teachers read out the texts loudly and clearly, and ask
the students to repeat the words and sentences. In this way, their vocabulary, listening skills
and speaking power enhances. Shared readings benefit the students in gaining skills and
knowledge (Campbell et al., 2012).
Reading aloud
In this process, the teachers select a particular passage and help the student in reading
it aloud. This benefits the students in building self confidence and enhancing their out
knowledge. Moreover, through this process the children pay more attention in class and
develop their communication skills. Educators also lay emphasize on the children’s
pronunciation patterns (John & Sons, 2014).
Guided reading
Guided reading patterns allow the teachers to form small groups and segregate those
for delivering reading instructions, keeping the student’s reading level into consideration.
Shared readings and reading aloud are done for the entire class’s benefit. However, guided
readings enhance their behavioral skills to a greater level (Gordon & Browne, 2013).
Missing word
In this method, the teachers knowingly remove a letter from a particular word or
sentence and ask the children to identify the word missing. This helps in involving the

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children into analytical behaviors, which improves their problem solving and reading skills.
This particular practice prohibits them from making any kind of spelling errors. In addition to
this, they get to know the right meaning of the words as well as sentences (Essa, 2012).
Vocabulary skills
Enhancing vocabulary skills is a major part of a balanced literary program. This
technique helps the student in finding out the meaning of the given words. The teachers read
out comparatively difficult sentences and words and make the children repeat those, ensuring
that they understand the meanings. Phonetic way of learning benefits the students by
enhancing their spelling and vocabulary power (Duhn, 2012).
Interactive writing
In this process, the teachers and their students practice by writing together. The
educator may write on introduction and the students are instructed to complete the whole
paragraph, as per their choice. This benefits the children by enhancing their innovative and
creative skills. The teachers provide the children with full freedom, in order to utilize their
knowledge and thus promote creativity (Egan, 2012).
Reading patterns
In many kindergartens and pre schools, children are taught in different playful
manners which may include singing, dancing and others. It enhances their memorizing power
in a greater way, as repetitive words runs in their tiny minds. Surveys have shown that
children learn more effectively and efficiently if they are taught in a playful manner. Even the
children love this rhythmic way of learning, which in turn increases their memorizing
capabilities and knowledge (Campbell et al., 2012).

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Instructions for better early learning settings
A comprehensive and balanced approach for early learning development can benefit
the children in a more efficient manner. Therefore, essential procedures are to be taken at the
pre schools as well as at their homes. Following are some major instructions for better early
learning settings;
Workshops
Several workshops conducted in pre schools engage the parents of the children. It is a
sort of interactive session between the teachers and the parents. The parents come to know
about their kids’ progress and improvement. In such sessions, the parents must be given
lectures on tackling their kids. At homes, parents should give adequate time to their kids and
keep a track of their progress. In order to enhance their reading skills, the children must have
independent reading time (Calderon, 2012).
It is to be kept in mind that young children learn the most at their homes. Therefore,
parents need to be interactive and supportive towards their children. Teaching them playfully
would benefit a lot, keeping the child’s psychology into consideration. The children must be
given the opportunity to perform what they love, or else there could be a chance of them
becoming stubborn. In a similar manner, they must be given the time to write or paint as per
their choice. It will help enhance their writing skills and also improve their handwriting
(Bruce, 2012).
Disabilities
Disabled children need proper care at an early age. For instance; parents of deaf
children needs to be affluent with the sign languages. This will help the child learn through
usual processes. Educators as well as parents need to be the most interactive for the children
with disabilities. If they do not receive any early training, the education procedure will get

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hampered. The educators need to take care that they are not facing any issues coping up with
the environment. At times, it is found that the disabled children lack self confidence.
Therefore, the educators and parents need to build in the confidence. This will help them deal
with their in-capabilities in a positive way (Baquedano López, Alexander & Hernandez,
2013).
Health and nutrition
Early childhood education also involves proper health and nutrition trainings in pre
schools as well as at their homes. It helps in enhancing the children’s ability for leading a
healthy lifestyle. Moreover, basic trainings on physical activities and hygiene must be given
to the kids at an early stage. Educating the kids regarding hygiene, safety, nutrition,
prevention of diseases, would highly contribute into their personality development (Brooks
Gunn, Berlin & Fuligni, 2013).
Group work
Group tasks or projects help young children learn the importance of team work. It also
helps them become cooperative with other team members. This sort of activities must be
encouraged as it enhances team effectiveness. Moreover, the children must be given the
opportunity to mix with every diverse group. Group works are beneficial for the development
of a child and it enables him/her know the importance of maintaining peace and harmony
(Bredekamp, 2016).
Socialization
Just like team work, socialization is also important at the early stage of a child. It is to
be kept in mind that children have ample amount of opportunities to socialize with others, but
in a safe environment. They must be given examples of safe as well as unsafe environment. It
is to be done at an early stage as it helps the children overcome their shyness and gain

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confidence. Moreover, it also adds up to their development in the social aspect (Ahmad &
Esa, 2017).
Cooperation and respect
Children must learn how to cooperate and respect their elder ones as well as their
friends. They must be encouraged to cooperate with others, but in a safe environment. This is
more crucial for the elder child, as they have the tendency of not sharing things with their
siblings. Parents need to take active part in this and teach them proper values, manners and
etiquettes. In addition to this, kindergartens and pre schools must teach them to give proper
respect to others, for civilizing them and making them a good human being (John & Sons,
2014).
Conclusion
To conclude, children require several opportunities in order to get engaged into
various social experiences. This will help them explore and practice the social skills of being
patient. The report discusses about the importance of early learning and development, which
contributes to their development. In addition to this, it provides some recommendations on
how it can be done. Furthermore, a sense of well being will help the child develop their self
esteem, optimism and self confidence. It also encourages them to explore their own skills,
interests and talents. Positive interactions promote a positive view of the child. This allows
them to approach and face any tough situation, with utmost confidence.

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