How you go about learning matters more than what you learn in the early years. Long-term research projects in Britain, New Zealand and the United States have all emphasised the crucial importance of children developing a positive disposition to learning in early childhood.
Young children need opportunities to develop their confidence, autonomy, feelings of wellbeing and belonging, and persistence in solving problems. They need to be protected from situations of failure, which might give them a long-term dislike of education. They need to find appropriate ways of expressing how they are feeling and ways to understand how other people feel.
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