How would one go about getting material for preschool?

Question

My daughter just turned 3 and around here they have preschools for kids that young. I am not comfortable thinking she should start school so young she still has 3 years before first grade. would like to know what they teach in preschool so i can make sure she is ready for first grade. she can count to 20 knows her abc's is very social on the playground. speaks well. has flash cards know what the pictures are etc. i dont want to turn her into a "knowledge machine" kids are kids for a short time let them be that way but i dont want her to lack something. any ideas? I am a stay at home mom with a husband that works days

Answer 1

The thing she will learn in preschool is socialization.  If she regularly plays with children her own age, she doesn't need preschool.  Go places with her - museums, stores, parks, etc., and encourage her to discuss what she notices. Help her to notice similarities and differences between things. Talk to her about a wide range of topics.  Reading well correlates with large vocabularies - the more words she is familiar with, the more words she will eventually be able to read.  Sing, cook, get lots of library books every week, and you and she will be fine.  Watch some educational TV together and talk about it.  Get her art supplies and have her just play with the materials - not only crayons and markers, but paints, clay, and scissors.  Use paper, fabrics, plastic, cardboard, etc. as materials.

And you can go to the library for yourself and check out some preschool textbooks and child development books.  It sounds like you are off to a good start already.  The more you learn about child development, the more of a resource you'll be for her.

Answer 2

lots of books, count things like m&ms how many yellow, at walmart they have preschool books, sing alot, go to the library often,teach her to draw / \ | x o _ first these are the basics of letters in the alpabet. join a mom and tots group. make lacing boards out of pictures or constrction paper laminant and shoelaces.  there are a billion things you can do just be creative,

also. if you dont want to put her in school persay, you could orgnize neiborhood play group at a different house each week and each parent take turns doing a preschool project with the kids.

Answer 3

Answer questions about stories

Colors,shapes and letters- starts to recognize

Recognize name & some letters in name

Begins to use scissors

Can use a glue stick

Begins to draw person

Starts to share

Can put on coat by herself

Stacks blocks

Begins to sequence from small to tall

Can sort objects by color

Wait time (wait turn)

Looks at book