This is probably the first major ‘life-impacting’ decision we make for our kids. Parents ideology is that the preschool is less about academics and more about learning basics like alphabets and numbers. So, they are not aware of which questions to ask when deciding about the best preschool. How to find out which preschool is best for our child? Well, there are no answers for that, no fixed formula’s for that.
Do ensure that you evaluate these points during your selection process:
Check the infrastructure and safety precautions:
The classroom is more important than the exterior look. Look for Activity space, the assembly room , Noticeboards, Technical Equipment’s & Cleanliness.
Popularity of the school:
As Reputation matters, try interacting with as many people as possible and figure out the vision and the approach of the school.
What methodology does the school follow?:
Preschools follow different ways of education like ‘play way’ methodology or ‘learning by doing’ methodology.
Do they follow Discipline?:
Discipline brings stability and structure into a person’s life. One must find out the accountability here from the school side.
Convenience of location?:
Transportation is a real time problem. Going to school nearby home will be less tiring and the child will be more active while learning. In addition to this parents will readily available within no time to reach the child in case of emergency.
Are there Extra Curricular activities ?
If the school has extra curricular activities it boost’s the mental health and child becomes more positive towards school.
Is the supporting staff caring?:
School doesn’t have only teachers, there are non-teaching staff’s also. How caring they are , how well trained they are should also be considered.
I believe if you start ranking each of the parameters and compare across different school, you will be able to decide the best preschool.