19. The Importance of Learning From An Early Age

Education children under age five years most important and the life of someone could determine. Under five years of age (toddlers) is the age of the most critical or most decisive in the formation of character and personality. Including also the development of intelegence, almost all occured in under five years of age. If someone has already become a thief or a criminal, then the university education for people, it may be regarded not mean anything. As well as the bamboo tree, after it is old, it is hard to bent. So that clearly children education is very important because children under 5 years had a remarkable intelligence and could provide child preparation to face the days ahead, the closest is facing the school.

Children under five years have a latent intelligence (potential intelligence) is remarkable. But in general, parents and teachers can only teach the little things for children. Children have a curiosity and exceptional ability to absorb information very high. Most people do not recognize and understand the ability of “magic” that exists in children. They can only say, “I know children learn faster”, but they do not know how quickly children can learn. Due to limited knowledge and skills of parents and teachers so that there is tremendous potential in everychild are wasted. Therefore Education Pre-School and Kindergarten should not be considered trivial and ignored.

In early children education, children are taught the basics of how to learn. Of course, at an early age, they will learn its foundations. They are taught in a way that they know, that is through play. But not just play, but play directed. Through directed play, they can learn a lot, how to socialize, problem solving, negotiation, time management, conflict resolution, are in large group/small, social obligations, and 1-3 language. Because through play, children do not feel compelled to learn. While playing, the child’s brain was in a state of calm. When clam, the education can enter and embedded. In early children education institutions are good, kids will learn to become an independent person, socialize strong, confident, have a great curiosity, could take ideas, develop ideas, go to another school and ready to learn, quick to adapt, and enthusiasm for learning. Meanwhile, children who do not receive enough education at an early age, will slow to accept something.

But still there are some parents in Indonesia who think that early children education does not really matter because they think that education which are more important is formal education in school like elemantary school. This opinion is not reasonable sice early children education is very important. Children who do not receive appropriate early children education, would like a car that no gas leak. Children who are educated early age appropriate to have a full tank, the machine will almost immediately once, he is on a new place. While children who have no education at an early age will have difficulty to starting the engine, so slow.

In conlcusion, early children education is very important because children under the age of 5 years have a level of intelligence that is extraordinary and can teach childern to learn as early as possible.