The importance of preschool education in India

Children in India have an additional burden; they have to learn another language which is different from their native language. They find that the medium of instruction is English, which is different from their first language which may be Hindi, English, Marathi, Bengali or some other language. For this reason and many others it is important that you send your child to preschool. The sooner they begin learning the English language the better it is for their future education. Working as well as stay-at-home mothers should consider sending children to preschool because it helps the child’s personality develop into a well-rounded personality. Here are five important reasons why you should send your child to preschool:

Brain develops the fastest and the development is highest during the first four years of a child’s life. The brain forms significant neural paths to develop the child’s ability to learn and store information. It develops the child’s ability to learn and perform well. Children learn rapidly and they want and they should be given new information to learn. At this stage you will find that a child’s brain is like a sponge. It absorbs any new experience it comes across. Children’s brain learns new information and stores it. It absorbs so many new inputs that it is often saturated with new inputs. Parents need to see that the child sleeps for ten hours because their brain also requires adequate rest. Your child can benefit immensely when he is interacting in a quality preschool, because of the kind of inputs they provide. A quality preschool is information rich and provides appropriate materials.

Besides brain development the child also goes through structural development. Structure is very important for your child. A preschool provides proper structural environment. Your child thrives in a loving structured environment that provides him with colors, pictures, attractive classroom layout and on the whole a stimulating environment. The child learns the concept of routine and starts expecting the next activity. The little brains of children find a sense of security and belonging in the activity at the school which is familiar and comforting. Once your child begins to settle with the structure and environment in the classroom, it builds a foundation for future scholarly education which is more structured and demanding.

Social skills are another important set of skills that children learn at preschool. It is better to help your child develop social skills in preschool, instead of waiting till kindergarten. It has also been found that older children who never attended preschool don’t have the necessary social skills to cope with their environment. Social skills like taking turns, when to say please and thank you, how to listen, helping each other, playing together are all essential. Children who do not learn these skills early have adjustment problems. Nursery school is an important place to learn the all essential social skills, which will pull your child from being a shy, reticent child to a self-confident and well-adjusted child.

Academics are now considered the all important skills and children are expected to learn these in nursery school. Children who attend nursery school show a better grasping of academics than those who never attended nursery school.