Early childhood education is a broad term used to describe any type of educational program that serves children in their preschool years, before they are old enough to enter kindergarten. Early childhood education may consist of any number of activities and experiences designed to aid in the cognitive and social development of preschoolers before they enter elementary school.​

Some of the developmental delays are in the following areas:

*speech/language

*large and fine motor skills

*social/emotional behavior

*cognitive

*adaptive skills

*vision or hearing loss