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Essay / Child care services - 1522
Child care services, which include firstly childcare services relating to the health, hygiene and safety of children, secondly, child development services covering socialization, language skills and personality development and thirdly, preschool services ranging from informal to formal learning preparatory to education from elementary schools, appears to have been initiated in France in 1770 under the name “Asylum Rooms” to serve the interests of working women. Along with child care, academic subjects such as reading and arithmetic, singing and drawing were taught as extracurricular activities in order to bring order, discipline and obedience to instructions in children (Pougatch-Zalcman , 1980). This approach to “Asylum Rooms” was immediately accepted by French society and multiplied by the hundreds throughout France. However, in 1848, "Asylum Rooms" was transformed into "Nursery School" not only changing the name but also changing the original focus or objectives from security and protection to education accessible to all. children regardless of their origin. , and thus created equal educational opportunities for the entire population. Another important step was taken in 1837 when Friedrich Froebel founded his own school in Germany and named it "Kindergarten" or children's garden. Before Froebel Preschool, children under the age of seven did not attend school because it was thought that children below this age did not have the ability to concentrate or develop cognitive and emotional skills . Froebel, on the other hand, promoted his school for children six and under and expressed his beliefs as being that learning begins when consciousness breaks out, and that education must be...a middle of paper......not a problem to solve. consider and children played games like adults did. They also worked in adult-only workplaces. However, the concept of childhood emerged as a result of intellectual and religious changes that occurred in the 15th and 16th centuries. Changes due to the Renaissance and the Protestant Reformation contributed to the recognition of the child as "innocent" and to the realization that children needed to be protected from the harsh influences of the world. The development process is essentially influenced by two factors: heredity and environment. However, there is another important factor which has evolved due to the interaction between heredity and environment and this factor contributes to the development of personality. Personality is a unique pattern of behavior and mental processes that characterizes an individual and their interaction with the environment..