Children don’t need ‘preschools’! They need ‘nurturing environments’ that help enhance their all round growth to give them a lifelong foundation of healthy development.
It is a sad ‘fad’ to make children as young as 2 and 3 years hold a pencil and write letters and numbers. It is sadder that at an age when children have not developed their social skills they are interviewed in the name of education. It is ever sadder when children are packed off to ‘preschools’ that focus only on formal teaching and not on learning life skills
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The Day At Gitai : Starts with Prayers-- We start the day with the national anthem and before snack time children say a few lines about thanking god for the food. No one religion is given emphasis at Podar Jumbo Kids, all are given equal importance. Freeplay - where a child is free to choose his activity this is important as providing choices is good for the pre frontal lobe in the brain and prefrontal lobe controls functions like decision making etc Circle time - where children engage in musical play, rhymes, and finger play rhymes that help in impulse control, listening, eye hand control, reading and sequencing Activity time - art activities, drawing, craft, colouring, engaging activities like activity sheets, phonic program, numeracy skills development and literacy skills development etc for holistic development of all senses and skills Snack time - diet activates memory , here children imbibe table manners and healthy food habits Show and tell - a child’s urge to explore his world, his environment and get his millions of questions answered is fulfilled in this part of the day Outdoor play - water play, sand play, parachute play and a host of activities that will develop the child’s growing pro social skills Wind up and reverence - talking and sharing about ones day and ending it on a note of relaxation and yoga. |
