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NAEYC accredits early childhood programs according to health, safety and education standards it first launched in 1985 and modified and released in September 2006. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The new standards were intended to provide a more reliable and accountable accreditation system and to encourage the field of early childhood education to strive for a ...
implement changes that benefit children birth to 13 years of age and their families; monitor and promote the consistent application of the Education and Care Services National Law across all states and territories; and; support the early childhood education and care sector to improve quality outcomes for children.
While the problem is more intractable in developing countries, the developed world still does not equitably provide quality early childhood care and education services for all its children. In many European countries, children, mostly from low-income and immigrant families, do not have access to good quality early childhood care and education.
Pretend Play is an imaginative activity in which "children are playing as if something or someone is real". [39] "This type of play benefits all areas of a child’s development and gives a child tools for experiences later in life such as emotional regulation, creativity, and logical reasoning". [40]
The NQS consists of seven quality areas, each containing standards and elements, that children's education and care services are assessed and rated against. The seven quality areas covered by the National Quality Standard are: QA 1 - Educational program and practice; QA 2 - Children's health and safety; QA 3 - Physical environment
The term of "curriculum hybridization" has been coined by early childhood researchers to describe the fusion of diverse curricular discourses [14] or approaches. [17] The ecological model of curriculum hybridization can be used to explain the cultural conflicts and fusion that may happen in developing or adapting curricula for pre-school.
Unlike other areas of education, early childhood care and education (ECCE) places a strong emphasis on the development of the whole child – attending to his or her social, emotional, cognitive, and physical needs – in order to establish a solid and broad foundation for lifelong learning and well-being.
Early childhood intervention came about as a natural progression from special education for children with disabilities (Guralnick, 1997). Many early childhood intervention support services began as research units in universities (for example, Syracuse University in the United States and Macquarie University in Australia) while others were developed out of organizations helping older children.