Mother Tongue for the Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Education in Nigeria

Teaching and learning of pre-school children (below primary level of Education) goes beyond just getting to classroom and teaching like grown up learners because teaching of these young ones should not be formal, rather it should be inform of play which is informal way of learning. The medium of instruction should be mother tongue. Mother tongue is part and parcel of the people therein and it is used to pass cultural norms and value of individual societies from one generation to another. This paper critically examines dimensions of mother tongue. Early childhood education, and the use of mother tongue can facilitate and at the same time motivate these children to learn at pre-school level