Pre-school education

Beginning with birth and extending till the age of 5-6 years does the time period constitute the education of the fast growing infant. It is a period of immaturity and helplessness and it is a period of simple behavioral adjustments and consolidation of the powers of the individual. All growth as well as development comes to a standstill and is resumed only after the infant successfully copes with his environment.

After gaining control of his internal being the child then ventures to gain control of his external surroundings by effectively relying on the usage of speech. This is the most impressionable period in an individual life and should be regarded with utmost care and concern. It is a period of rapid intellectual advancement which is manifested in the bold initiative of though, in the searching and skeptical spirit of enquiry and in the rapid rate of vocabulary acquisition.

Preschool education is provision of formal as well as informal education to children ranging between the developmental periods of infancy and babyhood. Also popularly called nursery or day care centre, preschool education acts as a medium of imparting education before the actual commencement of statutory education as per the jurisdiction prevalent in the particular nation.

The advantages of a preschool education being received by a child are manifold. The child learns to assimilate and consolidate the information received in the institute as well the home. His thoughts, perceptions and interpretations take on clearer forms. This kind of education also enhances the creative quotient of an individual and widens the window of imagination in the mind of the young toddler. Rote counting, the ability to speak numerals in the correct order is an important feature of preschool education. Parents are the primary means or agents for delivering preschool education to their offspring, since they are in the most strategic position to mould the child’s future performance and to chisel his interests.