The importance of preschool

Why should you send your little one, your preschooler, to a formal preschool? What is the importance of preschool? What are the benefits? What will your child learn by going to preschool? Let's look at the answers to these questions together. During play, children learn. In preschool, they can play and learn during organized activities designed to help them with this learning. They learn social interaction, physical skills, cognitive skills, creativity, and self-esteem. One of the most obvious benefits is the socialization that your child will get. This is something that every two, three and four year old needs. You can try arranging opportunities for social interaction at home or in other settings. But the group activity that your child will do in a preschool weekly cannot be duplicated by you in any other way. During this social interaction, your child will learn invaluable lessons. They will learn how to share, how to take turns, how to share their teacher's attention, how to follow directions from other adults, how to wait in line, and how to raise their hands. These are all important social lessons that many adults could still learn. Your child will learn rules for interacting with others. They will learn what is correct and what is not. In today's society, it would be nice if all adults had learned these rules. Look around; Can you guess which adults attended preschool and which did not based on their social interactions with others? The preschool years are a time when bodies grow at a rapid rate. It seems that children can do something new every day. In preschool, they can run with other children to learn how fast their bodies can go. Combine this with jumping, hopping, hopping, dancing, lifting, and crawling. "Wow, I didn't know I could do this," I've heard children say. They are looking at their friends to see what they are doing too. Their physical abilities will be challenged daily in preschool. Many parents only look at the cognitive skills that their children will learn when they study in preschools. While these skills are important, they will appear when the child is ready. They will also come as they participate in planned learning activities at their preschool. All good preschoolers will teach letters, numbers, shapes, and colors. Some introduce children to reading and math. The best way to learn these kinds of skills is by playing and not doing worksheets. Matching and sorting, sizing and comparing while playing games during preschool teaches many cognitive skills. Finding things that start with a certain letter and counting games are also a great way to learn while playing. In preschool, creativity is a given. When my kids went to preschool, they came home with a new art project every day. An infinite variety of materials and ideas were used to make their little minds think. And then there were all the opportunities to get creative that couldn't be sent home. Puppet game, pretend, finish this story, what are you thinking about ... There is something creative every day, every minute of every day as the children play in preschool. And I saved the best learning for last. Children learn self-esteem in preschool. My preschoolers were taught to yell "I CAN DO IT!" whenever they could achieve something new or something difficult. You cannot put a price on this trust. They face challenges beyond what parents can put in front of them. They have teachers who have been trained and are close to their peers. The importance of preschool cannot be stressed enough. Send your child to a quality preschool and through play she will learn her cognitive skills, build her self-esteem, interact socially with her peers, and learn ways to be creative.