Early Childhood Education: Social Skills and Development - Coursework

This assignment delves into the critical role of social skills in early childhood education. It emphasizes how early childhood education prepares children for social interaction, communication, and cooperation, which are essential for navigating a structured environment. The assignment highlights that along with academic benefits, it also aids in the development of crucial social skills. The conclusion reinforces the idea that early childhood education not only enhances academic abilities but also cultivates the social competencies necessary for children to thrive. The assignment includes references to support its arguments, citing research from sources that provide a foundation for its claims regarding the importance of early childhood education.

Running Head: EARLY CHILDCARE
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Name of the student;
Name of the university:
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Introduction:
Early childhood education is necessary as it assists an individual in preparing academic
as well as social based lesson (Britto et al., 2017). This assignment discusses the social based
lesson and its importance in early education.
Social overview:
Early childhood education prepares children to interact with other individual. Along with
that, it also assists the children to observe their own individuality. They also gain
communication, co-operation and other vital social skills which led them to live in a structured
environment (Elango, García, Heckman & Hojman, 2015)
Conclusion;
To conclude, early childhood education not only improves the academic skills of the
child, but also aid in the development of social skills which help them to live in a regulated
environment.

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Reference:
Britto, P. R., Lye, S. J., Proulx, K., Yousafzai, A. K., Matthews, S. G., Vaivada, T., ... &
MacMillan, H. (2017). Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development. The
Lancet, 389(10064), 91-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)31390-3
Elango, S., García, J. L., Heckman, J. J., & Hojman, A. (2015). Early childhood education. In
Economics of Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, Volume 2 (pp. 235-
297). University of Chicago Press. Retrieved from:
https://www.nber.org/chapters/c13489.pdf