3 important skills

One of the biggest parts in the early childhood field is research and finding out how children develop and what aspects of the development is important for our children and for their future. On the webpage it talks about “What three important three most important skills a child should learn?” This is a valuable concept that really made me think about the skills that are necessary for children to be a productive asset to society. On the webpage, UNESCO’s “Early Childhood Care and Education, it discussed these skills and how they show the children’s value and moral make up. The first skill was “They need to learn about culture” (Sabeer, 2013). The author states how it is like glue that keeps us all together. If children learn about their culture and heritage then they have a better understanding of who they are and where they came from. Second was children need to have “values and respect” (Sabeer, 2013). I feel is one of the most important skills a child can learn. Values and respect is first learned at home and starts with “our families are the first teachers in our lives” (Sabeer, 2013). We have to teach our children how to respect and learn to have values in order for them to adhere to them. The third skill is “we should know our past so we can improve our future” (Sabeer, 2013). Wow what a statement, this is a truly valuable tool that helps us see and understand the world we live in and our place in the world. Children find themselves lost at time and having to live up to others expectations. Helping children to understand their culture comes from home as do values and respect. Parents need to understand the importance of being their children’s first teachers and setting that critical foundation for them. We teach our children how to live and this website shows us how research has proven it. Urvashi Sahni describes one of the skills necessary for our children to have is to be thinking critically about who they are and how they relate to their world around them. She also talks about how children need to be problem solvers and focus on peace, and equity. This is an important issue and concern for early childhood educators. We know that we want the children to bring the outside world into the classroom and we provide the experiences and learning opportunities for them to learn about the outside world within the classroom. We focus on activities that help them better understand the world around them. She also talks about being problem solvers. One of the biggest challenges in a classroom is to help children learn to solve issues or problems on their own. We have to ask open ended questions and provide the opportunity for them to problem solve so they can develop that skills. Otherwise we have a lot of children who tattle tale and become overly aggressive and feel others should do for them. We have to help the children learn to be productive citizens of society by enhancing these skills so our children learn to become adults who have values show respect, know their heritage and care about other people and the world around them. Reference (http://www.unesco.org/new/en/education/themes/strengthening-education-systems/early-childhood/),