Early Childhood Education

In this blog, we're discussing the early childhood developmental milestones. Point to be noted, is that every child develops differently. Somehow, we will look into the general point of view.  So, what are the areas of development in early childhood? We will try to cover up as much as possible from the point of early childhood education. I have already discussed the stages of cognitive development in one of my earlier posts.  If you haven't read it,  please go through the same. You can find the link in this blog itself. In this post, let me brief you all about language development of the child.  STAGES OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION: Children seem to pass through a series of more or less fixed stages, as they acquire language. The age at which different children reach each stage can vary considerably, however, the order of 'stages' remains the same. 1.Cooing/Gooing: At around 6 weeks, a child starts cooing and gooing. Initially these sounds seem mostly lik

                     Hello friends, Before moving on to early childhood education,  let's focus on early childhood first. You must be thinking,  child is a child...... and what is early childhood? What do we mean by early childhood? Some parents may treat their 12 year-old child as a very small child. Thus it comes to our mind, what exactly is early childhood?  Well before entering to the arena of Early Childhood Education, we must figure out, what is early childhood. For this, first we have to know the concept of child and childhood. In today's life, It's impossible to go deeply into any field or branch of medicine, philosophy or sociology without taking account of contribution brought by a knowledge of child life. Now let's discuss, what is the concept of child and childhood, what are the characteristics of childhood. Childhood, according to developmental psychology,  has been divided into the developmental stages of: Toddlers (learning to wal

What is cognition?  Well, the dictionary meaning of cognition is the art of knowing. Usually it is concerned with knowing, understanding, processing and using the information and these are considered as mental abilities or components of intelligence. Cognitive development refers to the stages and processes involved in child's intellectual development. There are several theories of development of cognition. Among all the theories, Piaget's theory provides a comprehensive picture of cognitive development from birth to the age of 14 or 15 when cognitive development attains the peak. Piaget conceives of cognitive development as consisting of a series of stages, each characterized by certain kinds of behaviors  and certain way of thinking and solving problems. The descriptions of the characteristics of the child's behavior at each stage can be valuable in helping a teacher to understand the students's level of cognition. Knowing the cognitive status is very important as