Would you choose a play-based or academics-based preschool for your child?

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Lashawnda Anteby: Kids actually learn more and are better prepared for school in a good play-based program. In such a program academics are incorporated into the play. Kids are encouraged to count the number of blocks they can stack, they dictate stories and they learn to try many solutions to a problem! . The rote learning in an academic setting with worksheets etc. has little to do with learning how to learn.

Azzie Trembly: I would definitely go for a play based preschool. A play based preschool is also a child-centered preschool. Play is a child's way of learning, and a center that understands that concept is well ahead of the game. A teacher at a play based center sets up the environment for hand-on learning experiences. This incorporates all kinds of learning styles and allows the child to gain self confidence in accomplishing tasks. An academics based preschool is one that strives for certain outcomes (results). While this is impressive to the parents, it is not the best way for a child to learn. I did some fieldwork at an academics based center that is widely known, and has a reputation for achievement. I followed their themes for each week, and went along with how they taught. One week the theme was "Space". I tried to keep it age appropriate. It tu! rned out the children, at ages 4 and 5, already knew not only ! Moon and Sun, but all of the planets, knew Jupiter was the one with the spot on it, knew Pluto may or may not be a planet and was farthest from the sun. In order for the children to know this info at age 4 and 5, this meant that they were being taught "planets" at age 3. While this may be impressive on an academic level, they were WAY behind in age appropriate behavior. They could not work together as a group, sharing was difficult, manners were non-existent, and they just weren't nice to each other. The head teacher said to me "we have sent some kids out of here (on to kindergarten) with really bad behavior". Kids need time to learn and develop at their own pace....Show more

Eva Lichlyter: A mixture of both types is best. I just finished 9 years as a Preschool Teacher, with a strictly Play-based curriculum. I had come from an academic based teaching environment and thought the play based was a breath of fresh air. Leaning to one side or the other brings its own s! et of negative outcomes. Some positive results too, but I found I was sending children to school at 4 or 5 years old, who didn't know how to sit in a teacher-directed activity, etc. And this was frustrating for everyone....Show more

Leticia Laiben: Play based, it's preschool and they should enjoy being a kid :)

Shaun Rapkowicz: Play based, research supports that children learn through play the best. All of those play things are actually teaching them a great deal about the world around them.

Clare Hoard: I agree play-based too. Children learn through play. Academically many would be at different levels to each other - and to me that's where parents/families come in, teaching your kids to read etc is immensely rewarding and a wonderful bonding activity - the one on one time is so very special :)

Melissa Lavallie: Our preschool is play based. The children learn so much that the parents are astonished how much they do learn. They also learn to oper! ate a computer and to operate a smart board independently with limited ! supervision. We play games as a group to teach certain things, they play independently and with others throughout the day. Our preschool is at an elementary school and the children go from 7:30 a.m. until 2:50 p.m. All activities are geared towards learning communication skills, fine and gross motor skills, how to deal with conflict with others, sharing, caring about others feelings, and many other things too numerous to mention. It is a fantastic program! Our motto is "We're not just playing. We're learning!"...Show more

Derrick Cacioppo: Play-based. At that age the children generally learn best through hands on activities they find in playing every day. It's quite possible to teach children at that age through playing about weather, numbers, letters and even words. While it is possible to have preschoolers learn through academics-based, often it'll be harder for them because developmentally, they are at a stage where their attention span is short, and they! are much more literal with the world around them so hands on is best.Personally, I don't think the Government should lean more towards a particular type of learning method. It should be something that parents choose since they know how their kids behave and what works best for them....Show more

Joie Libutti: Play-based. Actually, we never sent ours to preschool. I teach the Reggio-method. You DO get the benefits of 'academics, and yet it seems more like 'play'. KIds learn better, and faster, because they are immersed in a subject that THEY are interested in researching/studying/playing and doing so at THEIR level. I split my class in two developmental groups. The older kids (those with good language skills) in one, those needing a bit more in the 2nd group. It's not a 'smarter' 'dumber' type of thing. The older group during a field trip might be the ones 'interviewing' the tour guide. One might be recording 'answers' or another might be the question person. The you! nger will be with another guide, and documenting specifics of the trip.! possibly by drawing what they see (since their language or skill level is lower, and they need to work on observations first before they learn to interview). Then back at school, we combine the groups and review our findings. Just one example. Reggio, however, can take at least three years before you 'understand' the program and how to 'teach' Reggio. There are no 'teaching lesson books' for Reggio, as each class has different needs. We just moved to Georgia, and SADLY the State Universal PreK here in Georgia is AWFUL. The program is academics, and you can see the kids suffer. Worse, the program is 6 1/2 hours a day! School has become torture for many here in GA, and state stats still put GA the bottom nationwide. Pushing academics too early just hasn't proved to be good in the long run. Let kids be kids....Show more

Frederic Engellant: I would like to see a mix of each in intervals. 1 hour play, 15 minutes teacher directed. I would want my kid to be a kid and lear! n they way kids learn naturally through play, but I also want them to be prepared for whats waiting for them in 98% of public school kindergartens in this country (the U.S.) and sadly that is mainly teacher directed. I worked in a preschool that was 100% play based and the biggest feedback I got from parents was that yes their child knew how to write and read when they left me but they were 100% unprepared for the reality that awaited them in kindergarten which was that they were expected to sit still and follow teacher's directions in circle time, during morning work, during science experiments etc. etc. My next preschool I was allowed to develop my own style and curriculum and I made sure that the day was primarily play based with 15 to 20 minutes of structured teacher led activity every hour or so. My feedback from parents and the local kindergarten teachers was that the children from my class were the most prepared children coming into kindergarten, the teachers even! said that that they often had to find more challenging material for th! e students who attended my preschool class. (yes I am tooting my own horn because that makes me very very proud!)After 18 years I have left the profession, I felt that as the years progressed parents expected more out of their children and I couldn't take watching these poor kids losing their childhood because parents expected me to have them reading at a first grade level by the time they left. More and more parents were looking for primarily academic based education. I thought it was sad.For my baby when the time comes I will look for a fine preschool that balances the play and academics. Who knows maybe by then I will be ready to jump back into the field...Show more

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