Early childhood experiences last a lifetime and parents have the challenging and rewarding responsibility of nurturing and caring for their child.
Early childhood experiences last a lifetime and parents have the challenging and rewarding responsibility of nurturing and caring for their child.
Not exact matches
Early childhood teachers and other
experienced teachers carefully observe and interact with each child over the course of the
last year of kindergarten and evaluate readiness based on a multiplicity of factors such as physical and emotional maturity, fine and gross motor skills, and hand - eye coordination.
For many children, the transition from the
last period of
early childhood education to the start of primary school is their first
experience of a big culture change — in the people surrounding them, the ways in which they interact, their number of peers, the types of activities they are engaged in, and their physical surroundings.
Findings from studies of high quality
early childhood education
experiences illustrate that such services for our youngest learners, infants and toddlers, have long -
lasting and positive impacts on their development, learning abilities, and capacity to regulate their emotions (National Institute of Child Health and Human Development; NICHD, 2003).
Over the
last 30 years, the Ounce has been dedicated to ensuring that all children — especially those from low - income families — have high - quality
early childhood experiences by administering model programs, providing high - quality professional development opportunities, and advocating for innovative policy solutions at the federal, state and local levels.