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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.

Preschool has its origin from an age when school was only restricted to children who already knew how to read and write from their homes. That restriction made it necessary to introduce a way of educating orphans and children whose mothers worked in factories. As such, Louise Scheppler and Johann Oberlin established a facility for educating children whose parents were not at home during daytime in 1779.

Shortly after Oberlin and Scheppler established their facility, many people in other places also opened similar facilities. Robert Owen was the first individual to establish a globally recognized facility in 1816. Owen established the facility in Scotland to offer good moral education to infants so that they can be fit for work. The system was successful in producing children whose numeracy and literacy levels were very high.

Research findings indicate that the most vital years of learning start at birth. The ability of the human brain to absorb information is much higher at this early stages of life compared to later stages. This is partly because the human brain develops fastest during early stages. Positive, long-term effect can be impacted by quality teachers and preschools in children at early stages.

Very many subjects are covered by preschool education. Each state give different levels of priority to different subjects. Among the subjects that learners cover include physical development, creative and aesthetic development, mathematical awareness, physical health, social skills, play and teamwork. Additional subjects that most schools cover are literacy, listening, talking, scientific thinking, communication including sign language, personal development, and world knowledge among others.

Most states have bodies for regulating many areas of pre-schooling. The bodies regulate student-teacher ratio, class size, curriculum assessment, administration, quality of classrooms, child-teacher interaction, and services available. Children at different ages are placed under different curricular. To ensure that facilities adhere to standards set by the government, regular inspections and evaluations are conducted.

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.

As a result of the detrimental effects of preschool, some parents decide to school their children at home before primary school. Homes offer a better environment to children compared to preschools according to some studies. Methods for teaching vary among schools. Some of the methods used include HighScope, Montessori, Forest kindergartens, Bank Street, Head Start, and Waldorf.




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