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What is the importance and advantage of Play school?
I would like your comments on this issues. In Europe and America, kids are not allowed to go for study before 3.5 years but in India all it starts at 2 years. It is wise to send such a tender child to school when child could not develop sufficient immune system. I abstained from sending my child from play school for various reasons including cost also which is not necessary. I have come to know that at the time of admission in nursery, schools counts on play school points. Do all the schools play school points criteria. My baby is exceptionally talented and she is grooming well at home in the company of her mother who is house wife.
Kindly suggest me whether I have taken a good decision for not sending my baby to play school.
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Permalink Reply by Vikas Kapoor on
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I really appreciate that this Issue has been raised at least on one platform. This should become a national debate so that the so called "Foreign Chain of playschools" who might not be so successful in any foreign countries are raking in moolahs from our pockets just b'coz we are attracted to their fancy interiors and activities that they depict. I got my 2.5yrs. old son got admitted to a Playschool after some research in South Delhi and found that it's a pure business and nothing else. In today's scenario a School's administration calls us back repeatedly to get the child admitted clearly shows that they want Business and not education. Even the same chain has varied fees as per the Locality in which it is located. Another point to prove that it's all economics..I never went to any playschool and directly got admission in 1st class..So it's only the nuclear couple and both working concept in our Metros which is nurturing the playschools..Our society is promoting them as some mothers want to get rid of responsibilities as early as 1.5yr. child, get back to career and leave the child to creche and then a playschool..Though some positives have also come up as listed by Sakshi below, but I personally believe that we all parents never went to a playschool and still are doing well in our respective lives with good quality education imparted to us...So we need to think again and try to decrease their importance rather than promoting them..
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Count on me Vikas
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thats the same argument i gave my wife (housewife) for not sending my child to a play school , i sent her just 8 mnths before her proper schooling was about to start , and she is doing just fine.
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I agree with Vikas on a few points, though i agree that playschools have become a business for a lot of so called school chains, and i myself have experienced this at their hands, and was largely disappointed, till i came to know about 'Saksham', a playschool in R.K Puram, where as luck would have it a friend of mine was teaching.It is quite different from the usual playschools, and was easy on my pocket too. My son still remembers and recollects things taught to him there, and teaches us a few things too(papa, switch off the lights, dont waste electricity...lol) so all is not lost.
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Dear Anurag,
In Europe and America, children go to creche as early as 1 year! Where they have fun and informal learnings! So they do meet with other kids. Immune system of child is definitely not well developed but that do not have to stop the child from going to school. Their immune system develops better in fact by going to school, because they encounter new virus or bacteria which they were not exposed! Therefore there is no reason for not sending to play school. I am telling you as a mother and a doctor.
Now question is what is the reason to send to play school at all! My reason was that my child should play with children not with adults all the time. She should learn to share things with other kids as early as possible. Earlier we all lived in joint families and with a strong neighbourhood networks. We could go to neighbour house early in the morning and play with kids there. Nobody minded. Now in metropolitan cities where everything goes by appointments, and with single kid at home, there are scope for playing with other kids.
Yes, play schools are definitely expensive. They are so much commercialised. I totally agree its lot of money. You do not have send to a fancy play school but to friendly neighbourhood play school. Or just ensure you child gets to play and share with other kids.
About Points for play schools: According to Delhi high court orders, points for only neighbourhood, first child, girls child, alumni, sibling, single parent, differently abled child! No points for play school. This should not be a barrier for nursery admission.
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But why teach them all this at 2, when they anyways will learn these at formal school........
Creche/ payschool is an arrangement that would allow the working parents to go back to their careers and not really a place for learning and growing....
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Let us not produce Abhmanyu's who are trained in mother's womb, let the training begin at an apt age, don't train a 2 year old mind, let it blossom on its own for atleast sometime.
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Good decision,
if your wife is at home & she is able to learn your kid then it is a very good decision, but in today's life everyone is working & no joint families those parents needs a play school because they are not able to give time to their kids.
Good, I appreciate your decision.
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I personally feel that play schools can be really beneficial to a child BUT only if it is the right kind of school... Like Sakshi said, some of these franchises like Mother's Pride and all are only money making machines.... but when I was searching for a play school for my daughter, I also visited a couple of stand alone schools which were beautifully run.
I saw one school where the lady running it told me clearly that they are not there to teach the child ABC or make them mug up poems, but essentially to make sure that the child learns concepts like big and small, hot and cold, basic manners, learns to play in a group etc. And she also made me meet the teachers, and I felt really comfortable sending my daughter there.
If a playschool provides a loving environment, then I think its really important, cos otherwise how will my daughter find friends to play with. Children play together in a very different way. She went for almost 14 months and she never cried... except for first few days, and was always excited to go in the morning.
I was very impressed... I couldnt have done the things with her, which the school did. They really spent time.... they had only 35 or so kids, but the principal knew each child personally.
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Sorry... I forgot to add the name of the school.... it was Word Play in roop nagar
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I have a similar experience as Mansi's. I started sending my son at the age of 2.5 yrs to this playschool. It has three playschool teachers and three sections with 15 kids in each section. My son usually refuses to interact with other people and kids. But after almost two months of going there i see visible difference in his acceptability for other people around him. He has also improved on his eating skills as he now finishes his meals on his own. Though I always help him with food at home but he is independant. Besides his class teacher, other teachers, administrator and principal and all maids know each child and his belonging personally. They have an open surrounding with no AC's which I appreciate as my child is not provided with AC at home too (occssionally when season requires). They have huge open area around with lots of trees and lawns, a splash pool and lots of animal shelters. the kids enjoy so much in that playschool that I have jardly seen any kid crying there. They are strict when needed only. They are not pushing for learning ABC but they help them with pictures, understanding and following instructions, colouring, craft and lot of other skill improving activities.
So I am happy with my decision of sending him to playschool but prior to sending him here, I searched all playschools in my area. All the brands and chains. but this one appealed as it had the most natural setting and environment and qualified teachers. So as parents we have to do our homework. If you find a good playschool in your area (you are lucky), then playschool can actually bring difference to your child's growth and not necessarily has all negative effects.
ofcourse besides playschool we have to facilitate learning at home which only we as parents can do. I took a break from full time job to a part time work from home only because of my kid (despite having a very rewarding career after a bachelors and doctorate from IIT and substantial experience). So we as parents can't transfer all our responsibility on p layschool, but yeh playschool can make a difference if chosen and complemented wisely by parents at home.
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Good one !!
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