What is a ‘Montessori’? What are the aspects that make a good preschool? Is it that important that your child learn letters and alphabets at the age of three, or will it be pushing them too much? Choosing a good preschool for you kid is the first decision for your child’s education that you make as parents, beyond what you teach them and what they learn at home.
2. • What is a ‘Montessori’? What are the aspects that make a
good preschool?
• Is it that important that your child learn letters and alphabets
at the age of three, or will it be pushing them too much?
• Choosing a good preschool for you kid is the first decision
for your child’s education that you make as parents, beyond
what you teach them and what they learn at home.
3. Here is checklist of things parents should consider while
visiting a playschool in Mumbai:
The Playschool Director
•You should ask the playschool director about their vision for
the playschool program and also about their background.
•Ask the director, “How did you come to get involved in
Playschool education?”
4. • His or her answer to this question will tell you a lot about
what really motivates him, and also what the playschool can
provide your child.
• Ask about turnover of the staff at their playschool as well. It
is an important issue in early childhood education.
• Most playschool and preschool programs, every year, lose
around 30 percent of their staff including teachers and
caregivers.
5. • This is a challenging situation as high turnover rate can
make it tough on the school to maintain a high level and
quality of program.
• The teachers at play school in Mumbai have been a part
of the school of a long time, which means that the program
recognized how important is maintain consistency and what
the value of experience is.
6. • Staff will stay when they are well-treated, respected and
compensated properly, and also given continuing learning
and teaching opportunities.
The Teachers
• What makes a good teacher? A good teacher will talk to the
children a lot and ask them question that will allow them to
think and explore more deeply, that too through play.
7. • A good teacher at playschool Borivali will show respect for
the children by letting them know what she will be doing next
—“I will be going to the block corner now”—instead of simply
flitting around the classroom.
• With best teachers, it can be hard to say how hard they are
working, as you can’t see that while she is focused on a child’s
small motor development, and at the same time thinking about
how she can make the other two children play in a more
cooperative manner.
9. The Physical Environment
•A good playschool will have a well-organized classroom, with
various activities taking place within clear, defined areas.
•Most of the materials and activities should be easily
accessible to the kids.
•Paper, markers and blocks should be on the shelves
accessible to children.
10. • It is important to build their independence. The
playschool Thane has a dramatic play area, a quiet corner,
and a block area, and it is easy for kids to move on from
one area to another.
• Whether there are brand new computers or newest block in
the playschool doesn’t really matter.
• The playschool can have old computers and blocks, as long
as there are good teachers.