Importance of Early Childhood Education

Education is an important asset for the advancement of a nation, therefore, every citizen should and must follow the level of education, good early childhood education, primary education, secondary education or higher. In the field of education a child from birth requires appropriate services in meeting the educational needs along with understanding of the characteristics of children according to their growth and development will be very helpful in tailoring the learning process for children with age, needs and circumstances of each, intellectually, emotionally and social.

Before talking further, what early childhood education? Early childhood education (ECD) is the level of education before the basic education level, which is a development efforts aimed bagianak from birth until the age of six years are accomplished by providing stimulation of education to help the growth and development of the physical and spiritual so that children have the readiness to enter education further, held in formal, non-formal and informal.

Why early childhood education is very important?

Based on the research results about 50% kapabilitaas intelligence of adults have occurred when the child was 4, 8 0% there has been a rapid development of brain tissue when the child is 8 years old and peaked when the child was 18 years old, and after that even if repairs nutrition will not affect cognitive development.

This means that developments occur within the first 4 years as big as the developments that occurred during the period of next 14 years. So that this period is a critical period for children, where the development is obtained in this period is very influential on the development of the next period until adulthood. While this golden period only comes once, so if it means extinguished missed chances.

According to Byrnes, early childhood education will give children preparing to face future periods, the closest is facing a period of school. "Currently, some kindergarten children are already asking students who wish to enroll there are already able to read and count. In the TK had already begun to be taught social skills and problem solving. Because the abilities that was to be established at an early age, "said Byrnes.

Furthermore, according to Byrnes, that early childhood education is important, because at this age children form the most good education. At this age children should establish himself facing a future school readiness and future. The best investment you can give to children is the preparation of their education at an early age.

There are two purposes why should be organized early childhood education, namely:

The main purpose: to establish a qualified child, the child grows and develops in accordance with the level of development that has the optimal readiness in entering basic education and through life in adulthood.

Interest broadcaster: to help prepare children achieve readiness learning (academic) school.

In short, early childhood education is one form of organization of education that focuses on laying the foundation toward growth and physical development (coordination of fine and gross motor), intellect (the intellect, creativity, emotional intelligence, spiritual intelligence), socio-emotional (gesture and behavior and religion) language and communication, according to the uniqueness and the developmental stages through which early childhood.

What is the difference children who receive early childhood education in quality institutions with children who do not receive early childhood education?

According to Byrnes (Winning the title of Woman of the Year of Vitasoy in Australia) in institutions of early childhood education is good, children will learn to be an independent person, a strong sociable, confident, curiosity was great, could take the idea, developing an idea, to go to another school and ready to learn, quick to adapt, and eager to learn.

Meanwhile, children who do not receive early childhood education, will be slow to accept something. Children who do not get proper early childhood education, would like a car that is not the gas leak. Children are educated early age the right to have a full tank, the engine will direct the way so he was in a new place. While children are not educated early age would be difficulty in starting the engine, become sluggish.