Early childhood is a crucial stage of life and education begins as soon as a child is born and continues on when a child starts to attend kindergarten and playgroup. The importance of education continues throughout life but the intensity is significant in the preschool years. These are the base for a child’s physical, intellectual, emotional and social development. At this point, growth of mental and physical abilities progress at a surprising rate and a very high proportion of learning takes place in the first 3-4 years of life. It is the time when children particularly need high quality personal care and learning experiences.

Importance and benefits of preschool learning:

Usually in preschool years children learn through play. It is multi-facet and should comprise of fun experiences. Experts agree that play is important for a child’s learning and emotional development. Some other benefits include.

• It helps children learn social skills, relationship and develop values and ethics
• Functional play helps to develop motor and practice skills
• Constructive play is categorized by building or creation
• Pretend play permits children to express themselves and important events of their lives

In addition preschool learning helps children how to

• Strengthen socialization skills
• Compromise
• Be respectful to others
• Solve problems
• Make decisions
• Do their own simple tasks

You can simply turn a playground into a learning experience by adding some interesting elements to it.  Recognizing the importance of early education will significantly affect your child’s future learning practices and help him to become an efficient member of the society.