The main aim of the study was to analyze the early childhood education system and learning material provide by the government to the kid room. The main objectives of the study were (a) to analyze language and literacy skills of children (b) to assess the key learning areas of early childhood education (c) to recommended suitable strategies in the improvement early childhood education. The study was descriptive in nature while questionnaire was developed to collect data from the teachers and the children. 25 early childhood teachers were selected from ECE schools. Questionnaire was divided into six categories which indicated six factors that directly and indirectly associate with school learning environment (i) Personal and social development (ii) basic mathematical concepts (iii) health/hygiene and safety (iv) world around us (v) creative art (vi) language and literacy skills. The researcher personally collected data from selected sample of the research population in each tehsils of district Bahawalpur. The collected data was analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 by using Statistical formulas of simple mean, one way ANNOVA, t-test and percentage. On the basis of findings of data analysis, conclusion had been drown and suitable suggestions were posited. Furthermore, recommendations were proposed for the improvement in ECE class rooms, staff should be trained for teaching young children, the head teacher should be encourage both the teachers and children, parents must cooperate the teachers, special fund should be provided, food should be provided, duration should be of two years.
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