Harnessing Children Literature for Productive Early Childhood Education in Nigeria

Abstract

Early childhood education is the foundation training give to a child and is a highly dependent on the quality
of materials used for instruction and interaction. One sure way of training young children is through
exposure to literature materials. This kind of literary experience is indeed critical to the children’s personal
development and personal development is a reflection of the type of education received by an individual.
This review assessed harnessing children literature for productive early childhood education in Nigeria.
Findings reveal that early childhood education provides experiential learning skills that are necessary for
the overall development of a child. Findings also identified some challenges that mar effective early
childhood education in Nigeria. These challenges include education of parents, problem of demarcating
between children and adult literature, non-availability of quality literary teachers in early childhood centres.
In essence, this paper beams its light on the present status quo with the view to recommending resuscitation
of this important aspect of repositioning early childhood education in Nigeria.