To that end, a new early childhood education center, to known as the Freeburg Early Childhood Education Center, is being built in Waterloo, Iowa. Head Start began in the 1960s, there has been more curriculum development in terms of this area. People are thinking about what kinds of experiences we need to provide for children in order to promote their development and learning. For instance, she says, this new center will emphasize environmental stimulation through work with parachutes, catapults and art activities. In this way, the child can experiment.
Experimentation is so important.
Stimulation on the social level is important too. DeVries believes in helping children understand other points of view through games such as concentration, go fish, or hide and seek. There are different roles in games, so children have the opportunity to think about relationships with others and about others' point of view, while they play. DeVries urges parents to seek out stimulating activities for their children during early childhood, and to work with daycare centers and schools to make sure similar activities occur there as well. Children busy themselves with blocks, books, crayons, miniature kitchen set-ups and the requisite construction paper.