Option 1----Positive Example of the effects of research

Research can be beneficial to families, because early childhood should be a necessity.  Research can be done with families to compare their incomes, backgrounds, or locations to determine the children’s different learning skills and abilities.

            The research can be done without being to invasive.  The community can send out different surveys or questionnaires to the different families.  The surveys would be completed by families from all backgrounds.  This will give the community leaders/educators a picture of how important an early childhood education is to young children.

            The early childhood program that I work for could ask the families to complete a survey every year about the previous year and the child’s progress.  The surveys are mailed to the state offices and the results are used to help the early childhood area improve in the upcoming years.  The parents usually become frustrated at times, because of the surveys but we remind them that is for the betterment of their child and their education.

Your Personal Research Journey

I had originally chose to do my research on “early childhood being available to all children ages 3-4 years”, but after receiving comments and suggestions from Dr. Todd I decided to research one of my sub topics, “social development in young children”.  I believe that social skills are just as important as academic skills.  The children must learn how to cooperate with each other just as well as they recite their ABC’s. My personal children all have good communication skills, but we are working on the socializing area. They will talk to familiar people all day, but they are not as open to strangers or new people.

            I would appreciate any suggestions that will enhance my research on my topic, “social development in young children”.