Elmhurst Academy of Early Learning

The years from birth to 10 are a crucial age span in a young person’s life, when firm foundation is laid for healthy development and life long learning. According the Carnegie
Task Force on Learning, during these early years, children make great leaps in cognition, language acquisition and reasoning, corresponding with dramatic neurological charges.
They develop greater facility in intellectual problem solving and abstract thinking. Their store of knowledge swells, their attention span stretches and their oral and written communication help them to to relate ideas and feelings to their peers and teachers. They also develop greater capability to regulate their own behavior and resolve conflicts peacefully.

For most children, the long tearm success of their learning and development depends to a great extend on what happe nto them during these years of promise children fortunate enough to attend high quality early care and education program have a better chance of achieving at greater levels.