Pre-school Learning

Do you have a toddler at home, who is between three to five years of age? Is he or she attending pre-school? Before you decide on a school, look for these qualities in your chosen school:

The school has properly trained staff like teachers, administrators and ayahs. These people should know they are dealing with toddlers and not grown-ups; hence, they should be loving, understanding, kind and caring. Your little one shouldn’t start missing home when it is away at school.

One such school that provides a culturally sound environment,the right values, love and protection which are needed for a healthy body, mind and soul in the most critical phase of a child’s growing up years is Little Millennium.

Unlike other pre-primary schoolsthat just look after the kids while the parents are away, Little Millennium aims at enabling, enhancing, and energizing childhood by fostering growth of mind, body spirit, which leads them towards becoming lifelong learners.

The school should have access to different activities throughout the day. When you visit your child’s school, look for games like building blocks, props for pretended role play, color books, picture books and other material that allows the child to draw and paint. Other games like puzzles, matching games etc. should also be there.

The school should have teachers who work with individual child, small groups of children and occasionally with a large group of children. They shouldn’t just deal with large groups.

The classroom should be decorated with children’s own drawing work, their writing work and not with bought material.

For children to learn alphabets and numbers they do so within the context of their day-to-day life experiences. Everyday activities like taking attendance, serving a snack, plants and animals provide an environment for learning.

Children should be given projects to learn from and there should be play and activities for more than an hour.

Schools like Little Millennium follow the eclectic approach when dealing with children. Their teaching method embraces the following teaching principles: 

·         Project Method

·         Montessori Method

·         Theme Based Method

·         Multiple Intelligence

·         Play Way

It makes sense to deal with different children differently as all children are not the same. Similarly the learning need of each child differs.

Children should be given enough time for outdoor play. No amount of activities or instructions can make up the need of outdoor play.

The teacher should read books to children individually and not just when they are in a group. Children love listening to stories.

As a parent you should feel secure about sending your child to school. Similarly your child should be happy attending school and not cry and complain every day.

Sending your child to school is an activity that both the child and parents should look forward too. You should understand your child well, so that you can identify areas where your child is facing a problem. There could be a child bully at school; however that shouldn’t mean your child comes back crying every day or avoids school. It should be guided in such a manner that your child knows how to deal with the bully. A sound knowledge of your child, its likes and dislike would make its joining school a joyous activity.