| The importance of an early learning education in | | | | The children who did not participate were 70 |
| today's world should be considered a crucial partof | | | | percent more likely to be arrested for a violent |
| a child's life. Any parent or parent's to be must | | | | crime by age 18. |
| realise that with the ever changing technology we | | | | This program also cut child abuse and neglect. In |
| have | | | | Ypsilanti, Michigan, 3- and 4-year-olds from |
| today, things such as satellite TV or a world of | | | | low-income families who were randomly assigned |
| information published on the internet trying to | | | | to a group that did not receive preschool |
| keep up mayat times seem difficult. Research and | | | | who were five times more likely to have |
| studies have proven to a young developing mind | | | | become chronic lawbreakers by age 27 than |
| it is really quite simple. | | | | those who were assigned to the High/Scope |
| | | | | Educational Research Foundation's Perry Preschool |
| Please allow me to share a few extracts from | | | | program." |
| just some of the many research articles and | | | | Let's not get too carried away, I have also |
| documented facts I discovered searching for | | | | discovered just as many solutions that are fun |
| ways to teach my child. | | | | and simple to apply. For example there are loads |
| This is from it goes on to indentify the | | | | of entertaining and educational programs out |
| child's "sense of self" and states: | | | | there that realiseall the factors a child needs. One |
| | | | | in particular I found is the Nick Jr. Boost service, |
| ‘Researchers in the field and early childhood | | | | it's an online educational service designed for |
| educators both view the parents as an integral | | | | preschoolers through to first graders. |
| part of the early childhood education process. | | | | It helps children learn through exciting, |
| Early childhood education takes many forms | | | | adventure-based games based on core curriculum |
| depending on the beliefs of the educator or | | | | subjects like Maths, Literacy, Art, Spanish, |
| parent. If a young child doesn't receive sufficient | | | | Science, Music, and Computer Skills. |
| interaction and stimulus | | | | Kids will have the opportunity to team up and |
| during this crucial period, the child may be left | | | | learn with characters, including Blue, Diego, and |
| with a developmental deficit that hampers his or | | | | Dora, in a totally personalized environment. Shop |
| her success in preschool, kindergarten, and | | | | at also have a huge variety of Kids and Family |
| beyond." | | | | Games,that is well worth looking into. We as |
| In my view a child learns how to copy and paste | | | | parents only want the very best for our children |
| at a very early age. Here is another extract and | | | | and their future and given the fact that |
| it's a bit more hard hitting: "Chicago's | | | | Knowledge is power the future depends on the |
| publicly-funded Child-Parent Centres | | | | importance of an early learning education right |
| have served almost 100,000 3- and 4-year-olds | | | | now. |
| since 1967. Researchers tracked 989 of those | | | | As a final thought it really is a great way to |
| children and 550 similar children not in the program | | | | combine home schooling with family bonding and a |
| for 14 years. | | | | fun way to teach my child. |