Thursday, April 21, 2016

Basic Information About Gainesville Preschool

By Douglas Turner


Preschools are spaces for learning or educational establishments that impart early childhood education in kids. Learners in these facilities range in age from three to five. Learners are meant to have some education that would make them ready for the mandatory learning in primary schools. In Gainesville preschool is also referred to by multiple other names such Grade 0, kindergarten, nursery school, pre-K, and pre-primary.

Preschools originated from an era in time when school was only open to kids that had prior knowledge of reading and writing. It is this restriction on children that can attend school that led to the introduction of a system that would educate orphans and other children whose parents were factory workers. In 1779, Louise Scheppler and Johann Oberlin opened a facility to educate the children of parents who were never at home during daytime.

At the same time Oberlin and Scheppler opened their facility, several similar facilities were opened in other places. The first globally recognized facility was opened in 1816 by Robert Owen in Scotland. Owen intended to ensure that infants received good moral education to be fit for work. The system was highly successful and produced several kids who had high levels of numeracy and literacy.

Research findings indicate that early years of development are very crucial to learning. The ability of the human brain to absorb information is highest during younger ages in comparison to old age. The high ability to learn may be attributed to the fact that brain growth is also highest during young age. Exposing children to quality preschool and teachers causes a long-term improvement in life outcome.

Education in preschools covers a wide variety of subjects. Subjects covered tend to vary from one state to another. However, some general subjects covered in almost all preschools include physical development, mathematical awareness, physical health, creative and aesthetic development, teamwork, social skills, and play. Additional subjects include literacy, scientific thinking, world knowledge, listening, talking, communication including sign language, and personal development among others.

Most states have government authorities that regulate most aspects of preschool systems. The aspects that are regulated include class size, student-teacher ratio, administration, curriculum assessment, services available, quality of classrooms, and child-teacher interactions. Curriculums are divided according to the age of the children. Preschools are regulated and evaluated by the government to make sure that they operate within set standards.

Although preschool has been found to be beneficial in many ways by several studies, some studies give opposing results. For instance, a study conducted by the Stanford and UC Berkeley University reveal that preschools can have detrimental effects on children. Cooperation and social development aspects of development in children are affected negatively by preschools while there is a temporary cognitive boost in math and pre-reading.

The possibility of detrimental effects of preschools that some studies have found, make some people to opt to home-school their children. The home environment may be more favorable than the one provided by preschools according o some studies. Preschools adopt different teaching methods to optimize outcomes. Some common techniques for teaching adopted include Forest kindergartens, HighScope, Montessori, Bank Street, Waldorf, and Head Start.




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