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An experience educator or a perceptive parents would be able to detect if a child is exceptionally talented. Some indicators are:

1. The child spends a longer time than usual on something he likes to do. Looking at picture books with deep interest, especially after it has been read to him or insisting on a second and a third book to read.
2. The child remembers the details of a place or a book. He can point it out what he saw or recalls the names easily. One child (who was only a year old) could name the pictures of the alphabet book even if he had not seen the objects in real life.
3. The child is curious about things. At about a year and a half, the child had acquired a wider vocabulary and will use this endlessly. The questions he asks might sound simple, but a wise parent will use his utmost patience to answer the questions or throw back a sincere ” why do you think it is so? Encourage the child to come up with a plausible answer.
4. The child enjoys humor and shares this with others. The child who is truly liberated can find the simplest funny thing a joy and will express this. Why do we have such good cartoonist? Maybe because laughing at the idiosyncrasies of people was a part of their early learning environment.

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.