Hello readers! I hope you are reflecting on the question in the title of the post. Perhaps you are wondering what this particular question is about. Well, here is the answer. I have several friends with three-year-old children who have not yet attended any nursery school and have no intention of doing so. That decision was made with their partners, and therefore has to be respected. However, they did not find the support of their families. The children's grandparents said that their grandchildren "They were going to be less smart and savvy."
Obviously, I kept thinking about that comment. "Children who do not go to nursery school are less clever and savvy." But they not only had criticism from their families but also from most of their friends since they expressed: "my child is more social because he goes to nursery school". "Well, I took my son when he was two years old and he goes around a thousand times for those who stay at home". Take it now! The truth is that I do not know what these comments are based on but I think they are not right.
Whether children attend nursery school or not is up to the family
That is first. If the children's parents decide not to take their children to any nursery school, it is up to them. And if they decide otherwise, it is too. It seems that there are people who get into the lives of others like "Pedro for his house" and that is not the case. It is okay to give advice or an opinion but it is not to tell anyone what to do and use fundamentals that are not true at all. Therefore, comments like the ones I have mentioned are misplaced. Or at least they are for me.
Children learn social skills anywhere and not just in nursery school
Surprise! Since when is nursery school the only place where children can socialize? Expressing that "children who attend a nursery school are less shy and more open" is something that does not make sense. The children of my friends are super open and social and as I tell you, they have not stepped into a classroom yet. However, I know children who go to nursery schools from the age of two and are very embarrassed to talk to others. Therefore, We cannot say that a child is more or less shy if he goes to a nursery school.
Attending a nursery school does not mean that children will be smarter
The son of a neighbor has started school this year. And it was the first time that I attended an educational center. He asked for a reduction in the working day and to be able to work from home and the company accepted it. She and her partner decided not to take their son to any nursery school. His families disagreed and said that the boy was going to have a lot of problems when he started school. As well, Not only has he not had any problems, but the teachers and the little one have been delighted during the course.
He has not had any learning, socialization, or coexistence problems. Quite the opposite! The adaptation has been fantastic and the child has started (and finished) first grade very excited, excited and with good grades. In my case, I did not attend nursery school until I was five years old. And I didn't have any difficulties at school either. However, there are children who have gone to nursery schools and the change to school has overtaken them (stress, stress, demotivation ...).
Nursery school: discovery, experimentation and active learning
I am a child educator and I adore the profession. If there are parents who want to take their children to nursery schools to make them smarter and smarter, I think they are getting it wrong. You don't go to nursery school to be more or less intelligent. The little ones should go there to discover new things, to experiment, to investigate and to actively learn. However, there are families who have high expectations. "Hey, my son is three years old and he hasn't learned to write," "aren't you going to teach children to add and subtract?"
As if they had to learn to write and do basic operations when they were four years old! Then the inevitable happens: that if children are forced to acquire learning prematurely or incorrectly, demotivation and school disappointment is assured. There are those who do not understand that each child has their individual learning pace. And unfortunately, it is not respected in all cases. It is one thing to encourage and promote interest in reading from childhood and another is to say "You have to learn to read when you are four years old, yes or yes." I already tell you that that way the little ones are not going to be interested in anything.