Parenting Tips

Education and schooling done before the age of 3-5 years is considered preschool. The name can simply be broken into pre and school, ‘pre’ being a prefix of before or prior to. It is also known as play school in many places. These schools are known to be the first stage of learning and development. It is strongly believed that the mental growth of child starts taking place at this stage of life.

Preschool activities for children are designed to make them start the learning process before the proper education while making them enjoy what they study. Children are supposed to develop certain skills at their own pace, like motor skills, thinking skills, language skills, etc. At the preschool age, the world of children is usually the one of transformation, the interweaving of the fantasies and the out of the world thoughts to the worldly knowledge and little wisdom.

There are certain arguments regarding whether the preschool is necessary at all. There are important points in both the columns. One is about the grandparents and a homemaker mother. If either or all of them are present, often the need for a preschool doesn’t come. It’s the nuclear families with working parents that need the preschools. It is not an obligatory education and is needed only to prepare the child for kindergarten. Preschool activities for children are specially made to develop a child for the obligatory school where it is supposed that the child has some basic start in education.

There are simple mathematical activities that center on anything that can be counted. The imagination is the only limit, and it is well known that children’s imagination knows no limit. Therefore, interesting counting exercises are introduced in the preschool and if the children enjoy it they stretch it far and have tremendous growth. Usually, before preschool, a child can hardly count but preschool becomes the base for future education.

The ability to read is something that is taught at preschool. A child can hardly speak and doesn’t know many words. At preschool, specific reading activities make them speak even slightly complex sentences and the vocabulary is enhanced drastically. A lot of it is because the age of learning coincides with the preschool, and hence whatever a kid finds interesting, kid learns with ease. Therefore, the preschool activities for children are very important to enhance their learning abilities rather than hampering them.

There are basic science lessons imparted in the preschool. Also, as per new international curriculum, bilingual lessons are also imparted at various preschools.

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Preschool is the first step that introduces your baby to an institution of learning. After home, this is the second environment to which a baby is exposed to where he or she acquires new skills, learns new concepts and knows more about the world. It is here where the baby will meet new people from their own age group which will be the first step towards building relationships.

The concept of a play school or a pre school is relatively new in India and it is indeed your little ones first step towards mainstream education. Pre-schools are full of fun and learning. They have a lot of activities that encourage a child to learn. 

Almost all children between the ages 2-3 years are enrolled in a preschool and this is especially the trend seen in urban cities and the metros. This in metros has almost become like a prerequisite for getting admission in a school. Now-a-days parents don’t even wait for their child to turn two. In fact parents have to register their babies’ name well in advance.

However, parents must realize that if their child is not ready for going to a preschool, then it can become very stressful for them. Most parents today feel that their child should not be left behind and hence they hurry for everything without really looking at their child whether he or she is ready for the same or not. All children may not necessarily grow up and be comfortable with going to a pre-school at the age of two.

To avoid putting your child through stress, make sure that you prepare him or her for such an environment. Your child is ready for a play school when he can sit in one place patiently. Key thing here is to learn that every child will take his or her own time to grow up and learn and parents need to catch that and act accordingly.