Early Childhood Education
Early childhood education (ECE) is a branch of educational sciences. It is concerned with the formal and informal teaching of children from birth to eight years of age. Early childhood education emerged as a learning space in European countries with high literacy rates during the Age of Enlightenment. Children's education has been central to some cultures for centuries, although the term "preschool" indicates that it has more recent roots. In state schools today, ECE services are vitally important and widely available in western society.