Archive for April, 2009

Going to Preschool

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Another factor to keep in mind is that children have to work with concrete materials in order to learn. A teacher cannot simply describe how an orange smells. A child has to see, taste, and touch the fruit to know just what it is like. This lesson can be extended to planting an orange seed and seeing what happens.
The greater part of the preschool budget should go to materials. From paper to learning equipment, all these should help the child recreate what he sees and what he is learning. Sadly, however, there are many preschools that do not have these learning materials and rely solely on the more traditional workbooks, notebooks, crayons, and pencils. In addition, at such time when the child is still developing his eye and hand coordination skills, he is expected to already read and write beautifully.
Another important consideration, which differentiates the high from low quality preschool, is its physical plant. A good school should be safe with well-lighted and well-ventilated rooms, and sufficient number of toilets and wash basins for everyone..
Then there are the teachers who make the school. And the only way to find out how qualified they are is to visit the place on a regular school day.
Since preschool is the beginning and the foundation of your child’s learning, parents should certainly take time to find out which one is best for his or her child.