Successful kindergarten transition means adjusting to a whole new structured environment on top of a more academically rigorous curriculum. A number of teachers reported that at least half of their children had trouble in the first few months of kindergarten in a number of different areas (Robinson & Diamond, 2014). Kindergarten readiness has changed since the national push for public prekindergarten programs throughout the nation (Hatcher, Nuner & Paulsel, 2012). There is a now a greater push for starting kids in a prekindergarten program at age three or four to better prepare them for the rigor and pace that is now the norm in today’s kindergarten classrooms. The days of students entering school for the first time in kindergarten has become
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Each child has individual strengths and develops at a different pace. By providing hands on active learning environments, preschools help create lasting building blocks. Gardner talks about the multiple intelligences and how it is very important to understand these to best engage with each child. The benefit of preschool is the ability to focus on specific areas without introducing too many subjects. Focus is on the building blocks and making a lasting impression versus an abundance of superficial knowledge. Another theorist, Vygotsky, states that “play” is the ability to create thought and is an important part of education (Ogunnaike, 2015). . Play coupled with hands on activities strengthens the learning taking place in the preschool classroom. Both support the teacher as the facilitator rather than the director of the …show more content…
The purpose of this study is to show the benefits of early exposure to academics and structured environments prior to starting kindergarten. Acknowledging the “learning curve” needed for students with no school or structured facility experience. Accounting for the time it take for students with no school or structures facility experience and children who have only been exposed to a non-structured environment or none at all to become acclimated to the environment prior to absorbing any academic information. The information will support the benefits of prior academic settings, like preschool, and the advantage it provides for the students in
Each child has individual strengths and develops at a different pace. By providing hands on active learning environments, preschools help create lasting building blocks. Gardner talks about the multiple intelligences and how it is very important to understand these to best engage with each child. The benefit of preschool is the ability to focus on specific areas without introducing too many subjects. Focus is on the building blocks and making a lasting impression versus an abundance of superficial knowledge. Another theorist, Vygotsky, states that “play” is the ability to create thought and is an important part of education (Ogunnaike, 2015). . Play coupled with hands on activities strengthens the learning taking place in the preschool classroom. Both support the teacher as the facilitator rather than the director of the …show more content…
The purpose of this study is to show the benefits of early exposure to academics and structured environments prior to starting kindergarten. Acknowledging the “learning curve” needed for students with no school or structured facility experience. Accounting for the time it take for students with no school or structures facility experience and children who have only been exposed to a non-structured environment or none at all to become acclimated to the environment prior to absorbing any academic information. The information will support the benefits of prior academic settings, like preschool, and the advantage it provides for the students in