Education Affiliates
Is public preschool a good enough education for my 3 yr old son?
I don’t have money to send my son to a private school right now so I am looking at a public preschool called Child Development Center, affiliated with Head Start and First Five. Will it be a decent enough program for my super smart son?
First I think you need to understand that just because a program is not private that it can still be good; this idea needs to leave your head NOW.
Moving on….
If you want to help your child go check out the facility, meet the teacher, discuss the curriculum, and find out what is developmentally appropriate for your sons age, and then decide what you want to do.
I work for a program such as this and yes, it will providing your son with the basic needs for kindergarten, as long as he is ready to learn.
A child may be smart, but it does not mean that he or she is ready to learn some things.
For example; A child I had in my room last year could speak in full sentences up to 10 words each, tell a story likle she had lived it and speak to adults as if she was 10, but had NO interest in learning to read her name, write a letter or make a prediction about any books we read because she was NOT READY!
She is SMART!
BUT, not ready!
If you push a child into learning the majority of the time it will only turn them against the love that you want them to have!
For now, send him to the public school and for heaven’s sake, LET HIM BE A KID!…… PLEASE!!!
I have seen so many students grow to dislike school because their first 3 years were a tragic mess of forcable learning and teachers who made inappropriate desicions on how to teach.
American Education Affiliates April, 9 2009
