There are always friends who ask, it is time for children to go to kindergarten, is it better to go public or private?
Many parents struggle with whether to let their children go to public or private at the same time, in fact, they tend to let their children go to public, thinking that after all, it is a public kindergarten, formal, even if it is more tuition, as long as there is a quota, no matter how far away from their home they want to let their children go.
Based on the kindergarten situation of my two children and the experience of the children of colleagues and friends around them going to kindergarten, I summarized 5 key points for choosing a kindergarten for my children.
Don't worry about public or private, choose a kindergarten for your child, these 5 points are more important
1. Tuition fees
Public kindergartens are more expensive than private kindergartens, especially montessori classes in public kindergartens, where tuition is higher. According to the actual situation of the family, everyone can do what they can, do not compare, do not regard kindergarten as too important, it is only the beginning of a child's long academic career.
Second, the problem of distance
If the public kindergarten is far from home and the private kindergarten is close to home, then choose the private kindergarten, that is to say, choose the one that is close to home. Because sending a child to kindergarten, a gift is three years.
If the kindergarten is far from home, no matter whether it is windy or rainy, you must send your child to kindergarten, then being far away from home will affect the happiness of parents and children.
My friend was miserable when he sent his child to a public kindergarten far from home, in the winter, or on a rainy day. When the weather is bad, send the child to the kindergarten, drive more, to the school nearby, the traffic jam is severe, park the car very far away from the kindergarten, walk to take the child to the kindergarten, in order to save time, sometimes hold the child, sometimes carry the child trotting, the mood is very bad. She said that picking up and dropping off her children to school is most afraid of bad weather.
If there is a kindergarten near your home, it is best to go to the neighborhood, the closer the better. Some communities open kindergartens, in fact, in order to facilitate residents and solve the problem of parents going to work to pick up their children. There are elderly people taking care of children at home, you can pick up and drop off children on foot, there is no elderly person to see children, parents send children early without delaying work.
Third, dietary problems
The child is growing up, and diet is important. General kindergarten is a meal of two points, some kindergartens are three meals of two points, then the child's plus points and staple foods should pay attention to whether it is nutritionally balanced, with a variety of?
A colleague said that once when she went to see a child in kindergarten, when she saw the child holding a steamed bun and eating it, her tears swirled straight around, saying that her child was at home and had never eaten a steamed bun.
I said that the kindergarten master himself makes the noodles that children like to eat, which is actually better than letting children eat small snacks.
There are also kindergartens in order to save trouble, buy some small food, add points to the children, parents see, you can give advice to the kindergarten.
The child's diet in the kindergarten should be transparent, for example, what the child eats every day in the kindergarten of my child, the teacher will send the photos taken in the group at night. Maybe many parents don't look at it, but the teacher sends out the child's diet, and parents can also play a supervisory role in the kindergarten diet.
Fourth, the problem of outdoor activities
The outdoor activity space of the kindergarten is also important to see if it is wide enough for the child to have a place for outdoor sports.
When my children went to kindergarten, public kindergartens and private kindergartens were not far from my home, but I finally chose private kindergartens because the public kindergartens near us were sub-kindergartens, and the place was not too big, because there were more people registering every year, more classes, more people in each class, and the outdoor sports venue was very small, and if the children of several classes came out to play at the same time, they could not play at all.
Children naturally like to play, if the child sits in the classroom every day, when the class is over, when the class is recess, can not come out to play, exercise, absorb some sunshine, then such a kindergarten life is very painful for the child.
Fifth, the quality of the teacher
It is better to choose a good school than to choose a good teacher.
The teacher's words and deeds have a great impact on young children, and the teacher who sets an example for the child is a good teacher.
Teachers should learn to praise each child, the child's talent is not the same, the advantages are not the same, so the teacher should often be able to find the child's shining point.
Be patient and loving to young children, be fair and tolerant to children. It is inevitable that children will make mistakes, and if the teacher does not forgive after the child makes a mistake, it is not advisable to embarrass the child in front of many children. You can't blindly criticize and blame, but more to be able to solve children's problems with professional ability.
Children have problems, make mistakes, the teacher can not blindly criticize and blame the child, more is to be able to use professional knowledge to solve the child's problems.
epilogue
There is no best kindergarten, only the most suitable kindergarten, choose a suitable environment, let the child enjoy childhood, reserve ability, is a good start.