Early Childhood Education

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Early Childhood Education

Introduction

Early childhood education refers to a range of programs and services that support young children within the context of their family. The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC), considered to be the leading organization in the education of young children, identifies birth through 8 as the age span that comprises early childhood. From Friedrich Froebel's “child's garden” of the late 19th century, which encouraged freedom and play; to Maria Montessori's theory grounded in respect for young children and what she coined as their “absorbent minds”; to programs today that ...