By Nagi Yakushiji
“I started this sport since I was three years old” said Ai Fukuhara, a famous female table tennis player in Japan. Under the influence of her older brother, she started taking special table tennis education. She was really loved all of the Japan as Nakimushi-Aichan(crybaby Ai) and she is also a successful example of early childhood education. In this way, when parents let their children start something early, it could expect several merits, including three aspects of specialty, social skills and future.
First, the children can get specialty skills. There are main three kinds of early education programs: music, sports and language. The earlier children start these activities, the faster to improve their skills. This is caused by the level of brain development. All children’s brain is not developed completely so they can master everything faster than adult. As a result, they would become good at doing the activity. The case of Ai Fukuhara, she started table tennis from her childhood and after twenty years she has taken the silver medal at the London Olympics in 2012.
Second, early childhood education can improve their social skills. Children usually tend to communicate with only family and close-age friends, and they tend to spend most time in same place like home. Early education program gives children the opportunity to meet a lot of people like teacher, senior friends, they can meet even foreign people and to go many kinds of place. These experiences cannot gain only staying at home. Through the relationship with others, the children’s social skill must improve rapidly and it is expected to eliminate prejudice.
Third, early childhood education is useful to the children’s future. Of course, they can play an active role in the field directly, but also the experiences can give good influence on their life indirectly. In the process of early education, the children sometime face any problems like slump and then they would try to solve these problems somehow. This experience helps to improve their problem-solving ability and the power of perseverance. In addition, they can get confidence if the problem is better by themselves. The children who get these acquires tend to study well at school and manage relationship smoothly. Thus, early education is linked to better future.
Nonetheless, some people disagree early childhood education because they think the parents are able to give too pressure to their children. When parents let their children start the education, they spend a lot of money and time for children. Then they tend to desire seriously their children to be good at it. Sometimes it causes excessive education and parents give mental distress or harmful effect for children’s life. However, I am sure there are only countless huge benefits if parents can avoid these problems and practice correct education. For that, parents have to respect children’s self-initiative and value whether children have fun or not.
In conclusion, there are many well-influence points of early childhood education. Good education program let improve skills of special and social and lead very successful life. The children can get large advantage in their life through the program. Thus, I think all parents should practice early education for their children.
