https://www.fcd-us.org/eager-to-learn-educating-our-preschoolers/
Well before formal schooling begins, children’s early experiences lay the foundations for their later social behavior, emotional regulation, and literacy. Eager to Learn synthesizes the newest research findings on how children between the ages of two and five begin the learning process. Valuable conclusions and recommendations are presented in the areas of the teacher-child relationship, the organization and content of curriculum, meeting the needs of those children most at risk of school failure, teacher preparation, assessment of teaching and learning, and more.