How to choose a Preschool for your children

Make sure the principal and teachers are dedicated. You can visit the various pre-schools and ask the parents there for opinions. As for me I enrolled my son in a Christian kindergarten which give good moral teachings. It is near by our home.

I am also looking around if there is any good preschool for my baby, though he's only 7 months old now. I do not really like the education system in my country, where the students are "pushed" to study hard. It seems like it's a trend in my country today, hence the preschools are changed and preparing for the kids so that they can compete with others in the primary school. I was very surprise when I heard from a kindergarten teacher, saying the parents nowadays prefer a preschool that has examinations. Examinations for toddlers?? I totally do not agree with this kind of education system, I'd think preschool is a place for the kids to learn and have fun, not really to "study" hard. I really like my preschool, where we were told not to bring home any homework, as we should go home and play instead of writing homework. Also, we were taught through doing the activities, such as planting trees, doing art work, reading together in the library, etc, but not just study, study and study. We learned and had fun too. I always think, kids go to school should learn the soft skills, as in how to communicate with others, how to take care of the environment, how to build up their good attitude, etc. Hence, when I'm looking for a preschool, I'm more concern about how they teach the kids. Definitely, I won't choose those competitive schools, as I don't want my son grow up in a competitive culture. I'm glad that I've seen a few preschools in my country, which emphasizes "Learning through playing", I'm still looking around in my area. It's good to talk to the principal of the preschools, so you can understand the concept of the school, whether it fits yours or not. Also, I think trained teachers do not necessary mean they have the hearts to teach the kids. I'll take a look at how the teachers teach the kids too, their attitudes and also their ways of communicating with kids. Hope you'll find the preschool you like for your daughter soon.

Hi Vingyan, I can understand your concern on your daughter for getting admission in a good school. I think it is better to get admission in a nearby school and you can collect information from neighborhood people or friends who have similar age group of children. I think all play schools based on a similar pattern differences may be the dedication of teachers that you have to find out from the other parents. Play schools are supposed to focus on play means learning through play. Hope you can find out a suitable school for your little angel. All the best to you.

I am a huge fan of play focused learning! My eldest is now in year 1 and their reception year was spent again focusing more on learning through play and she is doing incredibally well, the preschool nursery at my daughters school is wonderful again learning through play and my youngest has been going there for 2.5 hours a day 5 days a week since april now and she is loving it, its fun enjoyable for her and best of all I see her learning and enjoying it.

hi Vingyan Since for the first time the child is going to school leaving the mother for a long time, try to select the nearby school where the teachers and the head of the school are kind, helpful, dedicated and interested in the welfare of the children. The school should also have playthings and toys for the children.it has a small play ground so that the children can have some physical exercise while playing out and also able to breathe fresh air

to select a preschool for my children, i have to check and require following subject very carefully : have good result reputation of this school past few years. must be facilitated by good environment with a play ground. location should be near to my house. teacher's are very friendly, well educated, wise and intelligent.also well behaved. where there my child would be secure and safe. also the study cost not much higher. i know and i'm ready to consider the study cost little, if its a preschool , what i looking for. but i'm not agree to consider the study cost , if it is much higher, and have chance to be tried to run after to carry the high cost of this preschool.good luck to you and to your beloved child.muuaaaah....

Our kids are grown now but what I did several years ago was to call, set up an appointment with the director, go by the preschool, observe any playtime and check out the facility itself. Our kids ended up going to a church preschool that came highly recommended to me and turned out to be the very best experience for our kids. Increased their learning ability and social skills. Our youngest daughter is now looking into a preschool for our grandson who is 4 1/2. They moved to another state, knowing nobody, and she had to start from scratch doing a search. She is very familiar with the details since she did work for a daycare center as a director in a different state. She knows what to look for and how to interview the director so I have no doubts about her final decision.

I send my kids to montessori playschool when they were little. It has given them a good foundation to an early start in their education. I would recommend a montessori style of preschool.

i have just got my son admitted into a preschool this week, alike you even i wanted to give my child the best start so that he can get prepared himself for the school next year and do his studies. there are really many kindergartens and it is very difficult to choose one and i preferred the one which is recognised and can give my child the required training to get him into a good school next year and also at the same time a good environment where my child can enjoy and alo learn the basic things. i would preferred to have him in a nearby kindergarten but sometimes we need t compromie for a few things to get the best one for our child.

i had the privilege of being a teacher for almost 6 years and i do believe that the first thing a parent should consider when selecting a school is the no. of students it allows a class to have. for the preschoolers the recommended no. of children per class is about 15 with the presence of another teacher once it goes above this no. this is coupled with the obvious fact that children also need to be supervised at home for even if the teacher gives adequate attention to all her adequate no. of students it is useless if the child doesn't receive home supervision. paying or choosing a school based on an eductional program isn't bad but it's plain useless if plain execution in the classroom is hampered already by the no. of students and the lack of parental supervision at home . peace .

vingyan.. I have not got the chance yet to start searching a school for my baby girl, however those days when my brother is entering one, we choose the one that is near to our house. The main factor that my dad chooses this school is he feel pity for kids to get up so early just to attend school, and this kindy offers 2 session. The kindy that my brother went was also formed by an experienced principal that had her hand on a very very famous kindy in town. I think the main concern of parents on preschool are more on the techniques of teaching, the activities, and also of course the price.. I am now also contemplating if I should let my baby attend day care while I am at work, since there is one just below my office. I could let her have some time with other kids, so she will be more expose and let my mum had her day off too.

Hello there. I want to suggest some factors that you want to consider before enrolling your child to a preschool. First, since your child is 3 yrs of age. I suggest that you select a school with safe environment for the child. Second, you check on the quality of education the school gives to your child. If it is good enough and have the right standard. Third, try to gather feedback, information about the school on what are the achievements, and the qualities of the school. I believe that safety and the quality of education are the best factors that can be included in choosing the right school. Have a nice day. Happy mylotting. Hope this can help your child have a better future.

I think I would send my kids to the preshcool which have the following conditions: 1.There are must have good sanitary condition. 2.The teachers all patient. 3.Can teach kids amount of knowledge to enrich kids lives.

for this how to choose a preschool for your children a.me also no very know about this. sometime me also thing how many year old can go preschool le.my girl only 2year old no very clever to talk.My here preschool is like that if child no very no talk she must dun want.At big place i know will can go preschool le.

hi vingyan06 My suggestion is to ask your friends who have kids that age which preschools they have they used and which have'they really liked. You can also get an idea of what to look for in preschools from talking to friends with kids. it has bee a long time since my son was that age, and we had no preschools near us at that time.