It can sometimes be difficult for parents to send their children to daycare, preschool, or a nursery school. This is because they want to hold onto their child a little bit longer before sending them to kindergarten. However, there are so many skills developed in children by nursery schooling that it has become incredibly important to their success in kindergarten and beyond. These are just a few of the skills that nursery schooling develops in children, which will benefit them as a form of kindergarten prep.
It Helps Children Adjust to Adults
Young children don’t have much contact with adults who aren’t in their family. Yes, they spend time with their parents or guardians, maybe other family members, but rarely do they spend time with adults outside the family. When they get to school, they’ll be dealing with adults who they need to show respect, address in a specific manner, and listen to. This can be a challenge, but having experience in a nursery school with instructors who know how to educate children on manners will allow them to interact with adults in school later on.
It Helps Children Make Friends with Other Children
For many children, the first friends they make are ones who they make in school. This, however, can be difficult, especially for children with limited time spent with other children or outside of the home. However, nursery schooling gives children the opportunity to spend time together and learn about the basics of friendship. They learn things like sharing and how to speak to people. These are social skills that will be the long-term key to their emotional and social growth, which is necessary throughout their schooling. After all, while you send your children to school for an education, only part of that education is academic. A large part is social, too.
It Helps Children Adjust to Being Outside Their Home and Normal Routine
It’s easy for a child to adjust to a particular routine at home, but when they go to school for the first time, it’s a completely new routine that can be jarring. Instead of learning or making new friends, they’re adjusting to a new routine. Nursery schooling can help children develop their new routine outside the home. It adjusts them to the schedule of a school day. This makes it so they can go to school and not have to worry about the environment they’re in. Rather, they can focus on making friends and learning the skills they’ll use for the rest of their lives.
It Sets Children Up With the Skills to Learn Quicker in School
One of the most important reasons to send your child to a nursery school is that it sets them up with the skills to succeed academically once they go to school. This includes a background in language, analytical and logical reasoning skills, and critical thinking ability. All of this sets children up to be better equipped to learn in the future. In fact, children who attended full-day programs test better than children who went to half-day programs in math and literacy through the first grade. That’s a major leg up that you’re giving your child, and it also shows a major benefit of nursery schooling over other forms of daycare in children under the age of five.
Nursery schooling may be a difficult decision for some, as they love their child and want to spend as much time as possible with them. However, sending your child to a nursery school is oftentimes the best choice, as it gives them a skill set that will help them succeed going forward.