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Children are the most precious assets of any nation. The survival and development of children in a developing country like India is a great challenge. This book explains all about the children’s development, care and education between the first two to six years of life. Further, it presents an extensive account of the status of children, welfare measures, institutions/agencies both national and international working for the welfare of children of our country. This book is the need of the time to reaffirm the significance of early childhood years, its developmental issues, care involved and educational requirements. Parents, teachers, child-care takers, policy makers, academicians, researchers and people involved in child care and development need to understand the children during this period, for shaping their future life in meaningful way. Being the foundation years of individuals life, early childhood years need to be taken seriously, so that later life will be strong, enriched and stable. Overall, this important volume deals with a crucial but largely neglected area of vital concern to the nation’s development in an up-to-date meaningful manner.

Contents: Pre-School Children. 2. Development of Pre-School Children. 3. Care for Pre-School Children. 4. Education for Pre-School Children. 5. Welfare and Development Programmes for Young Children. References. Index.