You may think that your child, at 2 ½ or 3 years of age, may be a little
too young for playschool, but if he or she is comfortable with spending
time away from you, it should be taken as a sign that your toddler is
ready for play school.
SIS Prep, the only
Reggio Emilia play school in
Gurgaon offers the following reasons for the increasing popularity of
playschools.
• A foundation for social and
academic learningToddlers
are by nature observant and curious, and they want to learn in ways
that may seem incomprehensible to their parents. Play schools provide
them with the environment and resources to learn things valued by
society. It could be assembling Lego blocks or basic counting skills,
but the bottom line is that a firm foundation of social learning as well
as an introduction to academics is
provided.
•
A structured settingPlay
schools offer the children the time and place to be in a structured
setting with the presence of teachers and other children. They learn
important things like listening to instructions, raising a hand when
they want to ask a question or interact with other children in a group
activity. These skills are invaluable later on in
life.
•
Preparation for elementary
schoolPlay
schools give children the time to pick up basic academic skills like
identification of colors, letters, abstract counting and also word
pronunciation with the help of nursery rhymes. These will help the child
to move seamlessly from the playschool to a normal nursery or
kindergarten.
• Emotional and social
developmentAs
your child starts to get used to time away from home, he or she will
slowly start to enjoy it, which is conducive to emotional development
and the fostering of independence. With the time they spend with other
children, the child also learns valuable social skills like speaking in
turn, not interrupting, or saying what they have in mind in a proper
manner.
•
Answers to innumerable
questionsA
child is innately curious and wants to learn all the time. So they ask
questions, all the time. As a parent who is working and busy, you may
find it a touch irritation to respond to every small query, and this can
tell on the child emotionally. Play schools have trained teachers who
are prepared to answer each and every question a child throws at them in
a manner that is easy for a child to understand.
The
above reasons make it really worthwhile for your child to be attending
play school. And at
SIS Prep preschool in Gurgaon, we
are the ones you can trust, as you would your close relatives in the
safekeeping of your child.