5 Key factors when selecting a good Preschool for your child

“It’s important to look for a discovery-based program, and not one that is primarily focused on drill and practice skills. While structure is essential, parents should look for a preschool that offers opportunities for children to make choices about their learning,”- Dr Linda Whitehead, Ph.D, vice president of education and development for Bright Horizons.

Choosing the right platforms for your child’s growth at an early stage is crucial. Preschools play a vital role in shaping your Child’s future, and right Preschool can help put your Child’s overall development on the right path!

But how to choose the right institution for your little ones?

There are so many parameters to look into that it makes such a crucial choice of your child’s first school, a pretty hard one to take.

So let’s look into the most important parameters and how they should look in an Ideal Preschool-

Methods Of Education: The ability to maintain a balance between creativity and discipline is a highly valuable characteristic of any Preschool. There should be an optimal union between teacher centered and student centered approach in the school’s structure. As a parent, it is key to identify what methods are implemented for Child’s overall development, how much freedom are these methods giving to your children to grow, are teachers acting as a facilitator or a formal authority and how closely are the assessments related to the teachings.

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METHODS OF EDUCATION

 

Campus: It is a scientific fact that getting little hands dirty in outdoor play spaces improves health and brain function. Make sure to look out for gardens, animals and opportunities for your little one to wonder about the natural world. But also be aware that in today’s competitive world, modern classrooms using screens, gadgets and tools designed to teach children more efficiently are also judiciously used.

Health and Hygiene should also be a primary concern along with Child’s safety. Make sure the facilities are constantly evolving and are being updated, along with regular health and safety training being administered to faculty and staff. Also make sure that the school maintains a healthy teacher to student ratio.

Safety: Safety of the young ones is of prime importance. A school should be open about its safety norms. They should welcome parents visiting inside the facility with their children. Parents should check if the school has ample open space, what are their emergency procedures, how well trained the staff is and how does school monitor daily activities through surveillance systems.

For safety of female students, it needs to be checked if there are sufficient number of female staff available and if the school has adequate sanitation systems in place.

Hygiene: Ensure preschools can maintain child-friendly and developmentally appropriate practices. Keeping children a safe distance apart should not hinder social engagement, hands-on learning, and play that promotes all areas of development. Young children have not changed although many aspects of our world have. Schools should develop a clear plan for ensuring meaningful child-focused play and instructional activities in the context of physical distancing, which would require adaptation of the curriculum and teacher practices that abide by developmental principles.

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WHAT IS MADE EASY DOING TO MAKE SCHOOLING SAFE POST COVID 19

 

Competitive Exposure: A preschool should teach children to learn through experiments and build conclusions on the basis of it. They should make them indulge in activities that create healthy competition between them.  Role-play, show and tell, story telling, stage activities and general awareness should be an integral part of every day time table. Excursions to museums , historical places and grossery shops helps them to develop their social skills and provide them with exposure.

At MADE EASY SCHOOL, though we try to make them ready to excel in their fields of learning, we inculcate cooperation instead of direct competition as that is more appropriate for their self esteem.

Young minds are filled with curiosity. To channelize this we at MADE EASY School give them different mediums to develop their understanding better-Though science experiments, life skill activities, gardening, cold cooking, fun math activities, activities in the sand pit, along with essential safety and hygiene practices appropriate for kids.

Hope this article helps you in taking the right decision for your little one’s future!

 

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