Understanding the content and importance of early childhood education, learning the unfolding of cognitive, language, physical, motor, social, emotional and ethics development in period of early childhood and discussing on these topics.

The concept of early childhood, early childhood and pre-school education in Turkey and the World, definition of pre-school education, the important terms and ideas in pre-school education and the historical development of pre-school education, current status of pre-school education in Turkey and the World, pre-school children’s basic characteristics and needs, preschool teacher’s features, types of pre-school educational institutions, the role and importance of the family in pre-school education