Running a playschool gets me to meeting parents looking for a playschool for various reasons. A very common category of parents that I come across is the one desperately looking to enrich the life of their two-year child in every possible way. The whole reason for this is so that the child gets an edge before reaching a formal school.<\/p>
There is a sudden shift in the concept of a playschool and what a parent expects from a playschool. With playschools mushrooming everywhere, the playschool structure has suddenly changed so as to cater to the demands of the parents, not the children. <\/strong>It\u2019s ironic that the play is diminishing from a playschool.<\/strong><\/p> Playschool\u2019s now are becoming extremely academic in nature, with a focus only on pre-writing, pre-reading, mathematical skills etc. Last Saturday I happen to meet a friend of mine with her four-and-a-half-year-old son. On asking where they were heading, she told me she was taking her son to his playschool for an extra class. I was just too curious to know what the extra class was for. She appraised me that her son wasn\u2019t up to the mark in reading, so the teacher had called him on a Saturday for extra classes. Mind you it\u2019s one of the very prestigious playschool in the vicinity.<\/p> I was simply flabbergasted by this.<\/strong> I see kids around having issues in basic social skills like sharing and taking turns. They have trouble in controlling their emotions. These are the skills children need to learn and focus on in a playschool.<\/p> Research points out that children learn best through meaningful play.<\/strong> Many playschools are transitioning from play based teaching to becoming more academic in nature. However, while choosing a playschool for your child please remember that preschool years are not only optimal for children to learn through play, but also a critical developmental period.<\/strong> If children are not given enough play experiences, they start their academic career with a disadvantage. They are more likely to have difficulty in focusing, trouble controlling their emotions, poor problem-solving skills and show difficulties in social interaction.<\/p> Please remember that children just need the time, the space & the permission to be kids! Choose a playschool which focuses on PLAY!<\/strong><\/p> -Divya Joshi<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Running a playschool gets me to meeting parents looking for a playschool for various reasons. A very common category of parents that I come across is the one desperately<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-play-school","vs-blog blog-single"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5541,"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5200\/revisions\/5541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ninonina.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
What are we doing with our children? <\/strong>
Why are we getting obsessed with Academic Success? <\/strong>
Are we realizing that while making the child above average in academic skills, we are missing out on important life skills? <\/strong><\/p>