Basic Information About Gainesville Preschool

By Douglas Turner


A preschool refers to an educational establishment or a space for learning in which early childhood education is offered to children. The children who learn in these facilities usually range in age from three years to five years. This level of education comes before compulsory education in primary school. In Gainesville preschool also goes by several other terms. Some common examples are kindergarten, pre-K, nursery school, pre-primary, and Grade 0 among others.

Preschools originated from an era in time when school was only open to kids that had prior knowledge of reading and writing. It is this restriction on children that can attend school that led to the introduction of a system that would educate orphans and other children whose parents were factory workers. In 1779, Louise Scheppler and Johann Oberlin opened a facility to educate the children of parents who were never at home during daytime.

Shortly after the establishment of the facility headed by Oberlin and Scheppler, people in different location also started to establish similar schools. In 1816, a globally recognized facility was established in Scotland by Robert Owen. The goal of this facility was to prepare children for work by instilling good moral education to them. The facility succeeded in its goal because the children it produced had higher levels of literacy and numeracy.

Research findings indicate that early years of development are very crucial to learning. The ability of the human brain to absorb information is highest during younger ages in comparison to old age. The high ability to learn may be attributed to the fact that brain growth is also highest during young age. Exposing children to quality preschool and teachers causes a long-term improvement in life outcome.

Education in preschools covers a wide variety of subjects. Subjects covered tend to vary from one state to another. However, some general subjects covered in almost all preschools include physical development, mathematical awareness, physical health, creative and aesthetic development, teamwork, social skills, and play. Additional subjects include literacy, scientific thinking, world knowledge, listening, talking, communication including sign language, and personal development among others.

Most states have government authorities that regulate most aspects of preschool systems. The aspects that are regulated include class size, student-teacher ratio, administration, curriculum assessment, services available, quality of classrooms, and child-teacher interactions. Curriculums are divided according to the age of the children. Preschools are regulated and evaluated by the government to make sure that they operate within set standards.

Preschools are linked to many positive effects in children by many studies. Findings by some studies are very different. The University of Stanford and UC Berkeley carried out a study that associated these facilities with many detrimental effects. Pre-reading and mathematics are the two areas that are positively impacted while cooperation and social development are impacted negatively.

The possibility of detrimental effects of preschools that some studies have found, make some people to opt to home-school their children. The home environment may be more favorable than the one provided by preschools according o some studies. Preschools adopt different teaching methods to optimize outcomes. Some common techniques for teaching adopted include Forest kindergartens, HighScope, Montessori, Bank Street, Waldorf, and Head Start.




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