Adults who choose careers working with young children are interested in supporting children's growth and development. Enjoying children is important for this work.  Most importantly you must be willing to continue your own learning and develop your skills to provide children with the experiences that will help them learn.  Working with young children is physically demanding and fast paced with many changes of activities throughout the day. There is lots of work in preparing for each activity and routine in the early childhood program and plenty of clean up all through the day.  The opportunity to observe young children and see their growth is very rewarding, often amazing and frequently amusing. A person who is genuinely interested in children, eager to learn new skills, flexible, patient, and has a good sense of humor will enjoy this work.