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The importance of Education cannot be overemphasised for an individual or a nation. Early childhood education focuses on children learning and educating and is defined as year childhood education to children under 8 years old. It is affected by so many different factors. This discussion essay focuses on the place of children’s literature in early year’s education. For clarifying this topic, there are four main parts of this paper: part one will review children’s literature; part two will explain early education; part three will combine children’s literature with early education together; part four is overall conclusion. In the discussing process, case approach and theory analysis will be used as two main argument ways.

2.0 Review Children’s Literature
Early around 200 AD, the earliest written children’s literature – folk-type tales was published in India. But the history of children’s literature might be older than this, since children’s literature is used for instructing, educating and entertaining for young children (Mesut Sackes, et al, 2009). The main form of early literacy includes mythology, traditional stories, songs, poems and unique fables, such as the widely known Arabian Nights. It can be said that how long the history of human being, how long the history of children’s literature is. Even with such a long history, there is still not one definite and widely accepted definition toward children’s literature. Nancy Anderson (2006) has defined it as all special written materials for young children. For all children’s literature in the whole world, no matter which country it is or which culture it belongs, it has walked through the similar path, which can be described as: beginning with spoken form, coming to be current varied expression ways, such as written, listening, and playing. This is the result of social development. For example, under the multimedia technology’s pushing, children’s literature can be shown out with reading and vividly pictures. Social development promotes and pushes the development of children’s literature; children’s literature also drives the society’s progress. Since children are our next new generation; children’s literature educates and cultivates children.

3.0 Early Education
Early education is also named as early childhood education. In most places of the world, it is usually defined as children’s education under five years old. Under the concept of Jean Piaget, early education learning is based on play (1962). Usually it includes kindergarten and preschool education. In the mind of some people, early education also covers fetus education. In early education, parents play great role and parents are seen as the “first and best teacher” of young children. A number of researchers have verified the importance of early education for one child’s growing and developing. Different types of early education have different contribution on children’s ability and skills. Along with time growing and social development, early education has gradually gaining more and more attention from society. From Sep.27 to Sep.29, 2010, the first conference of early education has been held in Moscow (Hilda Jackman. 2011). Th