early learning
Childhood developmental instruction
Early learning refers to education and developmental activities for young children, typically from birth through age five or six.
The term emphasizes that cognitive, social, and emotional development begins well before formal schooling: The state expanded funding for early learning programs.
Early learning encompasses preschool, daycare curricula, and home-based educational activities designed to prepare children for kindergarten.
- preschoolEarly childhood educational program
- attention spanConcentration time limit
- kindergartenEarly schooling for youngsters
- gross motor skillsLarge muscle movement abilities
- tummy timeProne infant exercise
language acquisition · fine motor skills · numeracy · executive function · school readiness · reasoning · emotional expression · social skills · problem-solving · self-regulation · pattern recognition · fingerpainting · scaffolding · ABCs · alphabet song · sandbox · daycare · storytelling techniques
- Head Startschool readiness, child development, family services, parent involvement, health screenings
- developmentgrowth, progress, advancement, expansion, improvement
- toddlerstoddler, three-year-old, toddlerhood, terrible twos, first steps
- preschoolpreschool, nursery school, pre-K, pre-k, play-based
- daycarecribs, diapers, highchairs, play areas, nap time
- kids' radiostorytelling, youth programs, bedtime stories, storytime, story time
early learninghigher education
Post-secondary academic training
university studies · graduate education · postgraduate studies · tertiary education · college education