Preschool or kindergarten 1 direct? CBSC indian?

Question

Hi,I'm a Mom of twins who are 3 years and 2 months now - we went to enroll them to a playschool but then found that they were actually eligible for KG1 !I wuz not sure about it since my kids have not been exposed to any kind of interaction or any kind of pre schooling or anything for that matter. In saudi we have a very closed and quiet enviiornment with very few friends - i have just potty trained them so they are still struggling with that - they have never been away from me or interacted with a group of kids,done any activity,with basic or no knowledge of english!the teachers of KG1 assured me that they will go slow in first term with their writing etc and not to worry mny kids cant even talk around here!but then i found out that by the last term there will be spellings of 3 letter words when they dont know even oral abc properly!! and the next year there will be a new language hindi n so on - i feel it will be a bit too uch for the kids to adjust to - my husband is happy that we wont be losing 1 year and that we will work hard with them and see to it that they finish LKG and cope up in studies.

I feel that we would be trying to rush our kids into adjusting to many things at once and putting pressure on kids to cope up would only make them dislike school psychologically.

please tell me if my fears are futile or do i have a point here.

We r confused coz we dont want them to waste their year when our kids can cope - nor do i want us to push our kids into school and books and MAKE them cope!

can someone advise?

is it worth putting them in a playschool or LKG directly?

Answer 1

Pre-School or Head Start or Pre-K or whatever it is called is the best option.

I have a 4 year old daughter in Pre-School right now and I have learned that the education received (although very important) takes a back seat to "socializing" her.  Meaning that it is important for our kids to learn how to interact with others.  Playtime, recess, etc. are the most important things at this point, as it teaches them (actually, they learn this on their own) how to relate to other kids, since at this point, they are so self-centered that they need to learn that there are other people out there that need attention, too.

Answer 2

Yes to answer your question i am a freshman in high school and i dont really think it makes a difference i believe they are the same thing i went to a private pre-school and still did excellent in first grade here in america kindergarden is usally located in the same school and the other grades NO DIFFERENCE.