As a parent or educator to children between the ages of 0-5years, what do you think they should be doing, what should they know and how should they be engaged to help them achieve their milestones. You need to read to the end so you know the answers to all these questions and more.
The first 5 years of a child’s life are the most important period of development: physically, mentally, socially, cognitively and morally. For instance, their communication skills develop rapidly during the first 5 years. Children develop quickly in the Early Years, and early years practitioners aim to do all they can to help them have the best possible start in life. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, children have a right to provision which enables them develop their personalities, talents and abilities irrespective of ethnicity, culture or religion, home language, family background, learning difficulties, disabilities or gender
Oftentimes, parents and educators put their little ones under a lot of pressure to speak, walk, write, read and play without fully understanding the appropriate developmental stages and milestones.
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