The Book "UNDERSTANDING CHILD AND CHILDHOOD: Assessment and Evaluation in Early Childhood Education during the "Magical Years", has been written with the specific purpose of providing up-to-date information and urgent need of students, studying in DPSE, D.El.Ed and other teacher training courses, also students preparing for CTET, UGC-NET, SET, SLET, and other comparative exams. A number of factors affect the course and progression of child development within a