a strong foundation for future outcomes in school and life. CDF works to ensure access
to quality childhood and development opportunities.
Valuable education and social experiences in high quality child care have a
positive influence on children 's development and school readiness. Failure to make
investments can lead to greater educational failures and fewer adults prepared to be
good parents to the next generation of children.
Healthy early childhood development (ECD) in the early child period such as …show more content…
All child-care arrangements by family, friend, neighbors and center based can provide
individualized, responsive, and high quality care and stimulating experiences that occur Lester 8
within context of strong relationships and embedded in everyday routines.
Studies of head start participants have shown that children who receive quality
childhood education stay in school longer are healthier and earn more in their futures.
Not portraying early childhood development programs as economic development
initiatives is thought to be a mistake. Critical thinking, attention skills, literacy and math
skill, expressive and receptive language proficiency and better decision making skill …show more content…
Early childhood education is aimed more on the learning experiences of
children below the age of 5 or 6 when compulsory schooling begins. In organized
educational programs they enroll kindergarten children, mainly 5 year olds. in
prekindergarten and preschool start at about age 3. Over the course of the 20th century
, kindergarten while not compulsory became largely the responsibility of public schools.
Existing programs have taken fragmented approaches to complex issues. Effective
policies haven’t been funded at sufficient level to provide enough support to all
children and families who might benefit. We can enjoy long term savings, a more
vibrant nation, with healthy achieving children, and more stable families if we invest
now for the