Am I the only one who doesn't see the point in pre-school?
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It's not so much the socialization she needs, but the interaction with a teacher, an authority figure other than parents. Children need to learn how to take direction from, communicate with, and feel comfortable with a teacher. They also need to learn about a classroom setting and how it differs from your kitchen table, or where ever in your house you sit down and work with your child. One year of preschool will make such a big difference when she gets to kindergarten. It will make it a little easier on her, it's one less thing she has to learn how to deal with when she goes to school, she will have already had experience with a teacher and will have some expectations and familiarity. No isn't not necessary, but why not try to prepare children for a big lifestyle change like going off to school.
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pre school is so fun
preschool also teaches a child how to socialize with other kids.
I thought the same thing. But my son was an only child and there were no children his age in the family. So I sent him just so he could get accustomed to the other children and get the basic routine down.
If you feel your kid doesnt need preschool, there's nothing wrong with that. Many other countries don't have preschool and their kids do just fine. It only becomes a problem when the parent doesnt take the time or is not able to teach the child basic skills like abc's etc. Since you are going to do that, no probs.
I think them being with other kids there age is good for social skills. Being around other kids and people who arent mom and dad is when are kids act diffrent. They learn to be independant this way well thats what i think at least a mother cant teach them that because a mother wants them to be there baby forever.
same here. I don't find pre-school necessary. the natural tendency/capabilities of a child for wanting "formal education" occurs at 6-7years.
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i never went to pre-school and i have been very successful thus far. and i completely agree that she can learn her colors and numbers and abc's at home...not to mention they do it in kindergarten and still teach it in first grade. so yeah, i agree with you.
I totally agree with you. My oldest who just completed the 1st grade went in to k, only knowing what I tought him, he didn't know his ABC but could tell me what every letter was when I pointed at it. he knew the basics i guess you could say. He did just fine. He is reading at a 3.5 grade level now and knew the whole ABC song on the 2nd week of school. He then came home and taught it to my then 4 year old and 3 year old. I think that kids do just fine. Now on the other hand, I think that if a child is far behind his peers around the age of 4 he or she may benefit from it, but not to say that his parents can just stop being lazy and teach it too them!!!!!!
Pre-school is good for socialization, it also allows your children to experience other authority figures (the teacher) rather than just you as parents. Its usually only half a day so it also prepares them for when they will be gone a whole school day.
I'm with ya. People look at me like I'm a bad mother because my child is not in preschool. My child is very smart and interacts with other children 3-4 times a week. There is no reason to send your child to preschool if she isn't behind for her age group.
I didn't send my son to preschool either. We worked on ABC's, numbers, colors, etc. at home. He wasn't behind any of the other children. In fact, he knew more than some that had attended preschool. The only problem he had was separation anxiety from me. This only lasted a few weeks and then he made friends and was fine. In retrospect I should've had him in some type of play group to help him adjust. Anyway, he's now a 3rd grader and doing great!
its sort of like a pre....school..so they can get used to going to school before entering kindergarden or grade 1, its so ur child can get used to going to school and not start crying when u leave her..plus she can make new friends!
In my opinion, the importance of preschool is many things including socialization, and exploring creatively through arts, music and play. Academics is more of a by product. Another important part of preschool is learning to sit in circle time for a given amount of time on a daily or somewhat daily basis. Most kids love it and it's a great place to meet new familyies and have fun. These are the kids you will more then likely know for the rest of kids school years.
You're pre-school. If you put your daughter in pre-school, you exposing her to so many things that you don't have control over. People, but especially small children, are like clay. Are you going to mold her, or let someone else do it? The age bar to enter pre-school and kindergarten starts at a very, very early age. I'm not accusing parents that *do* put their kids through pre-school are "evil" but they're certainly losing out on those special moments. The question should be: how involved in your child's life do you want to be?
So, you're not alone. There's fun interactive clubs out there for people of every age to socialize with other people.
I thought the same thing before I put my oldest child in preschool 3's. You can teach her all of that at home, and take her to a playground for socialization.......True. But you dont always see the same people at the playground, and that can make it tough for her/him to socialize to make friends.
Preschool does prepare them for kindegarden, and it gives them rules to follow, and consequences when rules are not followed. They learn by mistakes other children make, and they make themselves.
I can definately tell a difference from when my child started, to the day she graduated from her preschool. I can also see more confidence in her that was not there before she started preschool. Besides all of that, at age 2-4, would you want your mom to teach you, or would you rather be at preschool doing learning activites, art, and playing with kids you see on a set schedule?
I really didn't plan to put my daughter in preschool. I also figured there was no apparent point to spending money to teach her things she already had learned at home. The reason I finally buckled and put her in preschool is because almost all of her playgroup friends were starting preschool and she wanted to do it too. After the fact, I am very glad I did put her in. She didn't really learn anything acedemically that she didn't already know, but she had such a fun year, making new friends, going on fieldtrips, birthday parties, etc... She was so excited on the days that it was preschool. She loved to come home and show me what she had made that day and who was the special "star". She loved when she was the "star" for the day and she got to stand up in front of the class and be the helper. It was a great experience for her even though she already knew her colors, alphabet, etc... She will be starting kindergarten this fall and I do believe she will have benefited from the experiences she had at preschool, even though in the beginning I felt it was pretty pointless.
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I agree with u. what's the point of depriving a child of a well deserved morning's sleep and sending him to school and ironically calling it pre-school. u r your daughter's best teacher at this stage.
#1 pre-school is so fun for children #2 if your child isn't around other children his or her age it might be a good idea for them to learn how to interact with the other children # 3 kindergarten comes after pre-k do you want your child to have a head start on the routines of school ( raising your hand before u speak to name just one) # 4 some children don't handle being separated from their mothers all day in kindergarten very well so if u send them to pre-school even if only a couple of hours a day then they can easily make the transaction from MOM to school with out the feeling of abandonment.
its a learning experience and you get a break.....here's a site crammed fill of good stuff for her have fun it's free
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Without pre school how will your child be ready for elementary school? It's prep so they are not traumatized when entering the larger program. Elementary school is not all playground play. Kids are learning much more than ABC's and 123's these days in preschool anyway, my daughter reads and writes sentences and is going into kindergarten starting August all of which was learned in preschool.
Our son attends pre-school for a whole 4 hours/week. It's just something fun to do, something to look forward to. Will he learn to read before Kindergarten starts? Probably not, and we certainly don't expect him to! It's just a place for him to meet other kiddies and play fun games, under the supervision of trained teachers in our church.
it also gets used to not being with you all day and a school routine
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