Getting to Know Your International Contacts - Part 3

As a result, from not receiving communication from the early childhood professional from the podcast, I will share three new ideas and insights I gained about issues related to international childhood education that relates to my personal goals from "Early Childhood Care and Education."

The three new ideas that I will be referring to three three most important skills a child should learn.

Number one is children should be thinking critically about who they are and how they relate to their world that is around them, in a social and political way with a focus of peace, equity and sustainable development.

Number two is that children need to learn about culture.

Number three is that they will need life skills.

The seven skills that I believe a child needs...

1. Focus and Self Control – children need this skill in order to achieve their goals especially in a world that is filled with distractions and information overload.
2. Perspective Taking – children who can figure out what others feel and think are less likely to get involved in conflicts.
3. Communicating – children need to be able to determine what they want to communicate and how. This is the skill teachers and employers feel is most lacking today.
4. Making Connections – children who can make unusual connections are more creative and can go beyond knowing information to using information well.
5. Critical Thinking – children need to be able to search for reliable knowledge to guide their beliefs, decisions, and actions.
6. Taking on Challenges – children who can take on challenges instead of avoiding or simply coping with them will do better in school and in life.
7. Self-Directed Engaged Learning – lifelong learners can change as the world changes in order to reach their full potential.