Skills Your Child Should Muster Before Preschool

A strong preschool program strengthens the substratum of support for academic, social and emotional accomplishment of a child. Nurturing a child in his formative years, prepares him for an important transition i.e., starting a preschool.  All parents are often worried that their child might not be ready for preschool although choosing the right preschool will help quell that anxiety to a certain extent. This blog recapitulates and summarizes the ways to prepare your little one for preschool. These steps will help your child derive most out of the classroom teachings and activities. 

Stimulate Independence –

“It is important for parents to instill confidence and faith in their child’s capabilities of making appropriate choices and even if they fail, let them learn from their own mistakes.”

                           Educator, Williamsburg Northside Preschool

Encourage your child to learn the basic self-care skills like pouring water in a glass, opening lunch-box, washing hands, putting on jacket, cleaning his toys. Let him take responsibility and don’t forget to teach the safety rules!

• Inculcate basic organization skills –

Teach your little one some basic organization skills like how to fold clothes, zip the school backpack, clean up the play area and ways to organize his room. You can always use some handy and colorful baskets and store like items together. Do not forget to pat the back once he completes his task.

• Develop etiquette -

 Going to a preschool means your child will have to interact with other children and teachers. It is important for him to express and communicate his ideas, curiosities and needs to others.

 “Saying thank you, please and sorry, greeting others, using table manners are some of the basic social skills that parents should teach their child before starting preschool. It shows that your child respects his fellow mates and teachers.”

-Educator, Williamsburg Northside Preschool

Williamsburg Northside preschool is acclaimed for its carefully crafted early childhood program that fosters your child’s learning experience. Their classroom activities are inspired from curiosities, ideas and interests of a child so that they can explore and acknowledge the world around them. The Reggio Emilia approach is the cornerstone of the WNS program and values the individuality of every child.

 

Pre-Schooling the Right Way

Over the last 10 years, the face of education has changed dramatically. Talking about early childhood education, it is an investment for a community. Research studies by different universities show that early learning has a lasting and positive effect on the child.

Educators across United States are working hard to equip children with all the skills that would guide them to success in the 21^st century world. Williamsburg Northside Preschool, in addition to inculcating within their students the flexibility to readily adopt to changing technologies, also fosters student-centered learning. The belief is to stimulate the learning environment that encourages critical thinking, creativity, problem-solving, communication, global awareness and social responsibility.

Good intentions are not good enough when it comes to implementing the right education program. Fortunately, Williamsburg Northside has maintained uniformity in their education programs that they provide across their daycare, preschool and lower schools. Still, they are always working on the ideas to improve their study programs. For the matter of fact, Williamsburg Northside Preschool program has showed gains in cognitive abilities, and social skills among their students.

Student centered learning is an important element of Williamsburg Northside preschool program. Rather than calling out one student at a time, educators here allow students to discuss class assignments in groups which maximizes their participation. During the class, students work just as hard as educators, in fact, this way educator’s role becomes that of a facilitator. This teaching practice promotes team building, leading to higher achievements.

Have you ever heard educators teaching multiple subject simultaneously, like math, science, social studies with reading or writing-all in one project? At Williamsburg Northside, the focus is not limited to the subject-based learning. The approach behind simultaneous learning is to help students go much deeper in learning concepts and skills. It includes –

Project-based learning – students working on a project that ends up with a concrete result of some kind.

Problem-based learning – educators guide students in developing solutions to real-world problems.

Inquiry-based learning – students generate their own questions matching their curiosities or interests, which as a part of their learning, they investigate.

The educators should not simply tell students what they should know, instead they should engage students in exploring and uncovering the information in a more meaningful way. In a way, in which all the subjects come into play together.