Is preschool beneficial?

Ileen Oshell: You should have your daughter go to preschool! It's beneficial because they teach all the these important things that will help and prepare them for kindergarten and/or even 1st grade! Do not miss the opportunity, the earlier the better! I'm a preschool and kindergarten teacher and we teach the preschoolers three MAJOR things. How to begin to write and write words, count, and how to be "I'll help myself, thanks," by the end of the year, they should be expected to take out -- and put away -- the items they useAnd when they're 4 years old, they continue on to kindergarten with these skills learned. I strongly suggest you enroll her into preschool.Hope I helped! :)...Show more

Jorge Detlefs: There are many studies that show by 4th grade those kids that attended preschool are at the same level of the kids who did not attend preschool, meaning those 'benefits' have all but disappeared. As long as you work with your child at home and attend community program! s, your child will do just fine without preschool. I have three boys, three grandkids. The only two that went to preschool were my son and one grandson that had significant disabilities. Kids that need the 'extra help' do benefit from preschool. Work with her at home on colors, shapes, sing songs, make up silly rhymes, count, ABC games, have fun! Learning can be found in everyday activities. A good example, she can help set the table. You can ask her to get three spoons out of the drawer and place the spoons on the table. You have taught counting and following two-step directions. When she has mastered this, then ask 'how many spoons will we need for dinner?' now you taught math predictions. At 'preschool', she would learn this using blocks or some math counters. Amazing, and people pay big money for a teacher to teach that skill with fancy toys. Now as for social skills, sign her up for library story time. Check out your area for programs at parks and recreation, zoos, a! nd museums. Some offer a class from time to time. My 2 1/2 yr ! old grandson has 'toddler gym' every Thursday and story time on Tuesday. Once a month he has 'art day' at a museum. Getting out into programs like these help with social skills and helps a child learn to listen to a leader and follow class rules. By going to a variety of programs, he is also learning to fit into different groups (not just one setting like 'preschool' and 'school rules').http://www.cato.org/research/education/articles/st...http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/01/h...http://reason.org/news/show/1003202.html...Show more