Early childhood education must be priority

If Kentucky would deny children the kind of care and support they need in their earliest years, they won’t be ready for kindergarten, and children who start kindergarten behind their peers usually fall behind even further. Their chances of succeeding in school and later in life are slim.

Quality care is critically important to children’s healthy development and their being ready to learn and succeed in school. Quality is the key. Recent advances in brain research clearly demonstrate that children’s brains are most formative in the first three years of life. The more they are engaged in conversation and positive human interaction, the more their brains develop and the more their brains develop, the more they learn and the more they learn, the better prepared they are for kindergarten and the better they do in kindergarten the better they perform in school.

http://www.kyforward.com/our-town-square/2012/01/mike-hammons-looking-to-new-year-early-childhood-education-must-be-priority/