Educational environment and linguistic profile as important bases for child's initial education

Abstract

Objective: to determine the educational environment and the linguistic profile of children during the period of initial education in the Centers for Child Development Institutional Modality in Turbaco and Arjona.

Method: quantitative, observational and descriptive study; As instruments for data collection, the ECERS-R Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale was used, consisting of 7 areas or dimensions, and the BATELLE development inventory was used to assess the linguistic profile.

Results: the sample consisted of 211 children, the most frequent ages in the population were those between 49 and 59 months with 53%, the age of 36 to 48 months with 44% and 3% ages between 60 at 71 months; (M = 50; DT = 7.5). A good educational environment was evidenced that allows children to reach a linguistic profile according to age; It was observed that 38% of these achieved a medium level and 20% of the children were at a low level. 

Conclusions: initial education is an opportunity that must be provided to all children, allowing them to acquire new knowledge, the Child Development Centers are responsible for this initial education is achieved successfully, these have fun places where the child You can run, play, ask and interact with others, developing skills and abilities for when you begin your school stage.