Early Years Education

The above quote is so true ....As the year 2017 runs out and i think of what impact i could make in 2018, the above quote gives me a renewed resolve to continue to work in the space of early childhood education. I would like to say a big thank you to everyone that contributes to the growth of early childhood education in our communities and those that contribute continually to the knowledge i have on early childhood education. Particularly , i will like to appreciate these great bloggers  https://hopedlg.blogspot.com Hope Lawrence-Grisson and Sophia Chang  https://schangwalden.wordpress.com/ for always sharing so beautifully on their blogs. I have learnt so much from your insights in the last few weeks. Thank you!!!

The manner of assessment of children in early years is very different from the assessment of older children and adults in several ways. This difference is in the way young children learn. They construct knowledge in experiential, interactive, concrete, and hands-on ways (Bredekamp and Rosegrant, 1992, 1995) rather than through abstract reasoning and paper and pencil activities alone. To learn,they must touch and manipulate objects, build and create in many media, listen and act out stories and everyday roles, talk and sing, and move and play in various ways and environments because of these  what young children know and can do would best be served in ways other than traditional paper and pencil assessments. Unfortunately, this manner of assessment of young children is not the same in most schools in Nigeria. Assessment is done mostly by paper and pencils and it doesn't not do justice to the the measure of intelligence of children and especially leaves some children behind. I rem...