If your child is between the ages of 3 and 6 and goes a child care centre, preschool education, or kindergarten program, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) recommends you look for these 10 signs to ensure your child is in a good classroom. The preschooler's growth is slower than that of an infant. An average child age 2 through 5 will grow about 2 1/2 inches and gain 4 or 5 pounds each year. Because growth rate is slower, appetites may decrease. The preschool period is an excellent time to help your child become familiar with the idea that eating a proper diet is part of a healthy lifestyle. Attitudes and habits formed during preschool years are likely to be carried into the future. By 15 months of age, most children have developed enough fine motor skills to feed themselves without help.
Simple nutritional needs of children are similar to the nutritional needs of other family members. Amounts required vary because of age. Give your child a variety of foods from the basic food groups:
• Nourishment, cereals, rice and pasta
• Root vegetables
Children spend most of their time playing and working with materials or other children. They do not roam without any aim, and they are not expected to sit silently for a long period of time.
Children have permission to several activities throughout the day. Look for different building blocks and other construction materials, props for pretend play, picture books, paints and other art materials, and table toys such as matching games, pegboards, and puzzles. All Children should be doing the same thing at the same time.
Teachers toil with separate children, small groups, and the whole group at different times during the day. They do not spend all their attention with the entire group.
The classroom is decorated with children's original artwork, their own writing with creative spelling, and stories recited by children to teachers.
Children study numbers and the alphabet in the context of their everyday situations. The natural world of plants and animals and meaningful events like cooking, taking attendance, or serving snack offers the basis for learning activities.
Children work on projects and have long periods of time to play and find. Worksheets are used very little if at all.
Children have a chance to play outside every day. Outdoor play is never replaced for more serious time.
Teachers read books to children separately or in small groups throughout the entire day, and not just to the group.
Pre school education is adapted for those who are ahead as well as those who require extra assistance. Teachers realize that children's different background and situations mean that they do not learn the same things at the same time in the same way.
Children and their parents look always forward to school. Parents feel safe and secure about sending their child to the pre school education program. Children are very happy to attend. They do not cry frequently or complain of sickness.
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