- A child’s development during childhood, includes building skills such
as pre-reading, language, vocabulary, and numeracy, begins from when
child is born. - There is a strong relationship between child's early life and their
larer life.For example, infants who are good at building blocks of
speech at 6 months are better at complex language skills at 2 and 3
years of age.Also better at acquiring the power of understanding to
read or write when they grow elder. - When children are provided better rich language and listening they can begin to acquire the essential building blocks for learning how to
read. A child who enters school without these skills can have a very
significant risk.
Cognitive Development
- From 2-7 years:- concepts and mental reasoning begins to develop.
- From 2-4 years :- develop symbolic reasoning
- Between 4-7 years:- child develops resoning skillsStarting school is a major landmark for children this age.
TO ENCOUAGE EARLY CHILDHOOD MANY ECD PROGRAMMES ARE BEING LAUNCHED IN
VARIOUS COUNTRIES.