Students prepared to pursue a challenging and worthwhile bachelor s degree may choose to complete a program with an emphasis in early childhood education. Students who pursue such a degree often display natural tendencies for working with young children of all different backgrounds. Many of these programs focus on the development of children from birth up to eight years old. Learning how to teach, influence, and care for young children can be both challenging and rewarding and may be one of the most important jobs for shaping the future of the next generation. While some of these programs focus primarily on educational childcare, others put more emphasis on the health and development of children in their early life stages.