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11:22 < DOC-20231202-WA00... Foundational Literacy and Numeracy: A Pre-requisite to Learning and ECCE Background Note Prof. Suniti Sanwal, Head DEE, NCERT Introduction Early childhood (birth to 8 years) is a critical period of development and carly literacy and carly numeracy are two important skill areas that develop during this period. Literacy and numeracy development begins in the first three years of life and is closely linked with daily communications, actions, thoughts and drawings of young children. Parents and the home learning environment and interactions of young children with literacy materials as books, paper, and crayons are the building blocks for the development of language, reading, writing and numeracy. This understanding of early literacy development complements the current research supporting the critical role of early experiences in shaping brain development. Education in the Early Years Young children are active, energetic, curious and interested in pe