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Why PK? To give the kids a start that might not have been able to have that start because of lazy parenting or absent parenting.
I recently took a class on how PK is effecting Daycare providers and what Kindergarten Teachers want students to know coming into K and the school system.
They want them to know Social Skills, Self help skills, be able to separate from the parents, use the bathroom.
They don't want them to be able to recite ABC's, 123's. That is what they are going to teach them.
They want them to be able to sit for a few minutes so that they can listen and learn. Be able to regulate their own bodies.
So why do I do a preschool program? I don't expect my kids to know every letter or number, but I feel I am introducing and they are hearing words from just talk and having more to talk about. Kids are like sponges and the group I have now want to learn, the parents teach them at home and they love that they are learning here. We also learn through play. I would say that play is where they learn the most here but offering PK is a bonus.
When the kids go to be screened at school. Teachers are not looking that they know everything asked of them. They are looking for the kids that are high off the spectrum of the norm. Kids that need more because they are highly smarter and then kids that are not ready for even Kindergarten or are going to need more help then that average spectrum of kids.
Keeping up with the Jones as far as school goes has always been around. It is normal and good for a parent to want what they feel is best for their child.
As providers it feels like we are losing kids to the school system and government. We are. It won't be long before babies are in the school system and daycare is a thing of the past. It's a money thing. $$$ in making providers have a college education, $$$ in making taxes go up to provide this service.
Parents feel that they are getting a better end of it, and if your on assistance as a lifer you sure are. If not get ready to pay out your nose for this unnecessary increase in your taxes for the rest of your life-
My3Cents~
I recently took a class on how PK is effecting Daycare providers and what Kindergarten Teachers want students to know coming into K and the school system.
They want them to know Social Skills, Self help skills, be able to separate from the parents, use the bathroom.
They don't want them to be able to recite ABC's, 123's. That is what they are going to teach them.
They want them to be able to sit for a few minutes so that they can listen and learn. Be able to regulate their own bodies.
So why do I do a preschool program? I don't expect my kids to know every letter or number, but I feel I am introducing and they are hearing words from just talk and having more to talk about. Kids are like sponges and the group I have now want to learn, the parents teach them at home and they love that they are learning here. We also learn through play. I would say that play is where they learn the most here but offering PK is a bonus.
When the kids go to be screened at school. Teachers are not looking that they know everything asked of them. They are looking for the kids that are high off the spectrum of the norm. Kids that need more because they are highly smarter and then kids that are not ready for even Kindergarten or are going to need more help then that average spectrum of kids.
Keeping up with the Jones as far as school goes has always been around. It is normal and good for a parent to want what they feel is best for their child.
As providers it feels like we are losing kids to the school system and government. We are. It won't be long before babies are in the school system and daycare is a thing of the past. It's a money thing. $$$ in making providers have a college education, $$$ in making taxes go up to provide this service.
Parents feel that they are getting a better end of it, and if your on assistance as a lifer you sure are. If not get ready to pay out your nose for this unnecessary increase in your taxes for the rest of your life-My3Cents~
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