Wednesday, 25 April 2012

Helping your Child Adjust to Nursery School


Has your child come of the age when it has to be sent to nursery school? Parting with your child can cause a lot of strife to the parents; remember unless you are totally comfortable with the concept of sending your child to pre-school, your child will also not be very happy to go to school.

Your child is going to an environment which is full of unfamiliar people, the teachers and other kids. While the school will play its fair role in making the child comfortable, even you have to ensure your child is mentally ready to go to school. The child is already apprehensive of the new environment; you on your part can reduce that. You should be totally comfortable with the concept and start talking to your child about pre-school. Familiarize your child with the activities that will happen in the playschool. For instance, let it work with paper and crayons, so that your child feels comfortable when he sees the same things at his school.

Visit your child’s classroom, before school starts, talk to the teachers so that you can talk to the teachers about the activities that will happen in the school. Start the same activities at home; this will make the child totally comfortable with those activities.

Go with your child to the school and let it decide whether it wants to interact with other kids or not. Allow your child to explore the class and its activities. Make sure the child is familiar with the class and the activities that happen there.

To make yourself more comfortable with the concept of sending your child to nursery school, ask the teacher, how they handle the children in the first week? This will not just make the move smoother for your child, but reassure you as well, that your child is in good hands.
On the first day, introduce the teacher to your child and then let the teacher form a bond with the child. Let them handle your child. If you show familiarity with the teacher, your child too will accept the teacher quickly.

If your child is clinging to you and refuses to let go, quickly say a goodbye and leave. If you continue with a long farewell or just sneak out, your child will cry all the more.
Irrespective of whether your child is ready to leave for play school or reluctant to go that a staff member from the school is ready to help you with the transition. Your child will adjust faster once you leave.

Some kindergarten school begin with some familiar games such as forming a circle by holding hands and then each child tells what it did the previous day. This may be a familiar activity but ithelps in instilling a sense of routine in the child. Any activity that familiarizes school for the child is good. It will help the child accept the school more.
The beginning of school for your child is a beautiful phase in your life as a parent, selecting the correct school and ensuring your child is absolutely ready for school is the will give you joyous memories of this phase.

Why send your child to nursery school


Often stay at-home moms think that it is absolutely unnecessary form them to send their children to pre-school. They feel as long as a child has learnt the alphabet, and can count the child doesn’t need to go to any school. If you are one of those moms, you can’t be more wrong. Children learn more than nursery rhymes and counting in playschool. Their personality is moulded in a playschool. Moreover in the present scenario, when everything is globalized and information and technology is controlling our lives, can you afford to deny nursery education to your child? There is no sensible reason to question sending your child to a nursery school. Repeated research has shown that pre-primary education has a deeply positive effect on the personality of your child. In this article, I’m going to highlight the reasons why you should send your child to a pre-primary school:

1.     Helps your child socialize and interact with others
Most kids are comfortable in their home environment, with their parents, but they are shy when meeting outsiders. While the shyness of kids appears cute on face value, it hampers the healthy growth of the child. This problem should be tackled early so that this shyness does not hamper his ability to communicate with his peers. Nursery school education encourages children to interact with each other and provides a perfect arena for children to socialize. Children love interacting with kids who are of the same age as they are. They will happily mingle with children of the same age and have fun.

2.     Pre-primary school provides a friendly atmosphere for children to grow
Children happily learn in a friendly atmosphere. So in order for them to learn, the environment around them should be friendly and comfortable. Pre-schools provide an atmosphere for them, which makes them, feel at home, without it actually it being their home. The nursery education trained teachers are especially trained to create a playful atmosphere for children to learn. The friendly atmosphere they create helps children especially to learn.

3.     Pre-schools emphasize the importance of learning and teamwork
Once your child has learnt the basics and is well-adjusted to its surroundings the time has come for it to start learning. Pre-schools create that urge in a child to learn. In pre-schools a child not only develops new learning skills and improves its existing skills, it also learns the importance of teamwork. Nursery School teachers teach children to work in groups. While working together children not just learn to interact and socialize, but also the importance of teamwork. They learn that in order to complete a task, everybody must work together. Learning to appreciate team work makes children better students, better colleagues and also better citizens in the long run.

4.     Your child will be ready for regular School
Once your child has attended nursery school, it will be ready for regular school as it is no longer afraid to go out in the world without you. It is hard task for you to separate your child from you, but once the child has adjusted to pre-school, it will happily go to school.

Wednesday, 11 April 2012

Family Fun Day at Little Millennium Gurgaon


Events and celebrations are an important and integral part of the little millennium Preschool. Family fun day is an upcoming event of preschool. Throughout the year, we do little things to celebrate different festivals and events.

Using events to generate school spirit is a great way to attract involvement from the students, faculty, and parents. There are many ways in which to inspire preschool spirit. Most events may revolve around the athletics associated with the school, but there are activities such as green day, blossoms day and teddy bear day that can be used in place of events.
An easy event to plan is a Dress Up Day. Encourage the students to dress in school colors, let them attend class dressed up and painted. Plan a "Twins Day" where students can dress like a friend. Host a creative uniform day that lets students make modifications to their normal uniform with extra points for uniqueness. Let the students vote on the most interesting outfits.
          Rather than a single event, designate an entire Spirit Week with a lot of activities planned. This can be coordinated with Homecoming Week, where alumni are likely to get involved. Ideas can include having Super Hero Day, Hat or Slipper Day, arts and craft Day, etc. Plan a different activity every day leading up to the main event.
A great way to encourage student involvement is to have organized events such as preschool camp Preschoolers will continue to enjoy indoor and outdoor activities, arts, crafts, and storytime. Children will take turns bringing snacks. Parents will drop off and pickup children at the Springer Cultural Center. A different activity will be offered each day.
Our fun day Program will be held on April 15, 2012 at 1:30 PM in the sec-38 Gurgaon. Invite family and friends to see your child perform in the program.  

Thursday, 5 April 2012

Preschool Education is a Necessary Stage of Development!

A Japanese teacher and educationist once expressed that "The destiny of children lies in the hands of their parents.” it is in the parent’s hands to make sure they choose the correct path for their kids in the first few years of the child's life.

We cannot afford to postpone investing in our children till they become adults nor can we wait until they reach school age - a time when it may be too late to intervene. Learning is a dynamic process and is the most effective when it is began at a young age and continues till the children become adults.

 Now the question which most parents would ask themselves "Is preschool education important"
It is a very confusing subject for the parents, especially when families and friends are offering different opinions. This entire dilemma will be over, once you have chosen a correct pre primary school for your child. A nursery school which offers high quality early childhood education programs that balance their play time and also makes your child ready for formal schooling.

Firstly, education has a very important role in the society. And the earlier you offer your kids an opportunity to learn the more positive effects will it have on their future. As we all know that the early 8 years of a child's life, is the phase wherein most growth and development takes place. The child spends their first few years in realisation of their own identity and abilities. Children who attend nursery schools learn how to communicate with each other and adjust to their surroundings. Kids school learning promotes high self esteem and helps the child becomes eager learner. They have a dramatic effect on the child's success.

The next vital query of a parent is "how do high quality primary education programs benefit the child's learning and development.

To begin with a young child needs a secure and safe environment where he can spend a happy day with his warm and loving teacher. Pre primary schools do not limit their education to closed classrooms. Earlier in schools knowledge was imparted through books in a restricted classroom. These days’ pre schools offer learning beyond classrooms. Experiences make learning more fun and effective. And these hands on lessons are never forgotten.
For example, organising field trips to parks, grocery stores, bus depots, fire stations, police stations and many other public places depending upon the topics they are learning in school. This stimulates their curiosity, and makes their learning effective.

Pre school education systematically plan their curriculum where they use multi mode learning methods. These modes of learning used, balance all aspects of development like the social, emotional, cognitive and educational.

Art, craft, music and dance are all a part of the learning process set by the play schools. Inclusion of these activities help the kids, express themselves.
Educational aids which are used nowadays in pre nursery schools enhance learning; using props, toys and enacting stories are a few play way methods which broaden their imagination.

Teaching kids the importance of taking care of their body through exercises like yoga. Help the development of their fine and gross motor skills.

Little millennium pre primary has an environment, every parent would dream of, for their child.
A home away from home! is a suitable a way of describing this pre school.
Where they believe that children are God’s gift, and they are the chosen ones to nurture your child.


Thursday, 29 March 2012

What will your child learn at Preschool??



With changing times, requirements and ways of upbringing our children are also changing. Keeping this in mind schools are now using new methods and various latest techniques for educating them.
In the pre schools these days’ teachers work with individual children, small groups and whole group at different times during their day spent at the pre-primary school.
 
           Communication is the most important aspect in the growth of every child. Therefore maintaining a correct and balanced student teacher ratio i.e 1:10 (one teacher for every ten students) is necessary.
One such primary school that gives this aspect importance is the Little Millennium School founded in 2006 and successfully running over 240 pre- schools all over India with the help of their well trained team. They believe in giving their primary kids a lot of personal attention which benefits them in their social, emotional and educational dimension.
                             
             Pre-school classrooms are no longer dull with just a blackboard and desk- chair. Schools are putting in a lot of effort to make their classrooms look vibrant and bright with informal seating. After all a school is a child's second home and kids have to feel as comfortable as they would feel in the surroundings of their home.

At the Little Millennium pre-school from hygiene to the learning aids everything is very well thought of so that kids can make the most of every moment spent at their nursery school.


                  Talking of learning aids earlier a text book, blackboard and chalk were the only medium of teaching, but a lot has changed since those times. Gone are the days of just books and books! Primary schools today use props and other visual materials in the classroom in order to stimulate the pre-scholars’ imagination.

Puzzles, picture books, art material and construction material of latest techniques are being used.



Little Millennium pre primary school offers different effective mode of teaching like the play-way method, theme - based and Montessori method are amongst a few of them.


The objectives of the pre- schools these days are:
-To encourage the physical development
-To encourage children's imagination
-To create a happy and joyful environment
-To provide a range of experiences of children learning

Always remember, you are setting up the children for a lifetime of learning and you should create excitement around them. The more hands on activities and learning styles the primary kids engage into, that much more will they learn and retain.

As quoted by Nelson Mandela “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world"



Tuesday, 20 March 2012

The purpose of Primary school education



There are numerous benefits associated with early childhood education, so much so that most parents believe that this needs to be made vital and not only a choice. The advantageous capabilities children acquire and the present ones they can enhance are two attributes which helps to makeup kindergarten education, plus it offers positive influence on a young child. This article will look at some of the benefits for enrolling kids in school in early stages right after preschool. Parents thinking about early education or even those uncertain if their children are ready to attend school will find this information extremely helpful.
Probably the best skill that a child will develop and embrace during an early childhood training program would be the capacity to learn. This is the first step in the direction of schooling, prosperity and overall success in life. Virtually all children will be naturally curious and will react to anything they are seeing, touching and hearing. This capacity to learn and adjust should be carefully monitored in early stages to be able to mold a child into a much better person over time and help him or her to become a successful individual in future years. Preschool education will be a key component in guiding your child in the right direction.
Children generally communicate in any way they can, so it's important to hear what they have to say. Preschool training will engage a child directly and enhance communication with society. They will also learn the best way to express themselves and how to realize what they are being taught. This capability to communicate effectively enables them in their every day work and gives them a better comprehension of the world they live in.
The classrooms will have many children within the same age bracket communicating with one another and carrying out tasks, while participating in recreational and learning activities. The teaching at preschool will impart the importance of doing teamwork as well as how everybody in the group needs to make the effort to reach the finish line.
It is common for children to demand more attention and time, so parents will find it difficult to care for them and carry out other household responsibilities. Preschool will be essential to help in this regard, because it offers kids more than enough room to develop physically and mentally.
In essence, preschool education will put greater emphasis on the significance of recreational and sporting activities. This will help children to maintain a healthy body and mind, which will in turn help them to develop mentally, emotionally, physically and socially.for more info visit our website http://www.littlemillennium.com/

Monday, 19 March 2012

Little Millennium – A New Way Of Thinking About Teaching And Learning In Primary School


Learning starts for kids from home and then when they attend schools and colleges. At each level or stage they undergo many changes and get a different learning experience. Parents and teachers have been constantly working together for the welfare of the children. Each of them contributes in their own way for the children's development. Children also support their parents and teachers as per their level of understanding. But sometimes they lose interest in studies due to lack of enthusiasm. Teachers try to innovate ways to keep their students attentive and engaged.

With the greatest intentions each consecutive government has devalued the true values of primary school education. The target of making society more equal has resulted in the teaching of predetermined amounts of knowledge with rigid syllabuses and assessment by examinations which are made publicly competitive through league tables.
When the teachers add a little fun and innovation in their way of teaching children automatically get involved and enjoy their classroom session. Along with studies teachers can add a few games and activities with the help of IWB teaching resources. These resources are specially designed to keep the students motivated and interested in the regular lessons that the teachers teach. The games and activities are also very interactive. Students can remember a lot by relating their studies to fun. So when games and graphics are added in the lesson plans the chances of them to remember their lessons also increase.

Learning for learning’s sake across the vast scope of likely disciplines has been weakened. As a consequence, curiosity, creativity, initiative and problem solving have been displaced by 'teaching to the test'.
The future for both children and teachers alike is not about restoring the methods and practices of the Victorian era. It is to utilize our present knowledge developed through an understanding and insight as to how children of different personality learn in a wide range of ways, use our new-found expertise in the latest technology and understand and appreciate the recent changes in the principles and methods of instruction.
There are many resources available online as per the age group of children. There are many games for nursery students, for secondary and primary students. These teaching resources are developed by keeping the age group in mind, so that when teachers use in their classroom the students can relate to it.
The teachers as per the age group can select the lesson plans and incorporate in their schools. If you are looking for a wide range of pre nursery school please check out the little millennium website.