We at Saifee nursery, do not believe in the idea of sending very small children to playgroups and playschools. We feel that children are ready to attend a pre-school only when they are about three years old. Playgroups and playschools have a detrimental effect on a child's natural growth and development for the following reasons:
1. It is not natural for a child to part from its parents at such an early age. The emotional bonding between the parents and their off spring is established at this time. Early parting from parents results in separation anxiety.
2. If the child is separated so early the parents miss out their chance to inculcate family values, culture and tradition with the calmness that such passing on requires. Family values are imbibed and not taught. The child needs to be with the family to imbibe these values. No value education class at a later stage can fill this gap.
3. A young child is still in the process of developing his/her natural immunity and therefore will pick up infections very easily from other children in a closed school environment. Most paediatricians agree with us.
Children between the age of 9 and 12 months can be registered with us.
All enquiries regarding registration / admission are entertained on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday between 9:30 - 10:30 am.
We take children at the age of 2 years and 6 months and prefer to take children who have not attended playschools.
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4. The young child's body clock rhythm is not yet set to be able to cope with the daily regimen of structured school schedules. At home the young child's routine is comparatively flexible and set around his/her personal body clock. The child's body is not ready to follow the rigidity of external routine so early in life.
5. The young child is at the ego-centric stage. They are unable to see things from others perspective, and are not really ready to share toys or adult attention with other children in a playgroup set up. The child might even become aggressive if forced to share before he/she is really ready.
6. Little children cannot communicate their physical needs or express their feelings clearly. They often feel very helpless in a relatively strange environment. The pressure on them to conform to a standard of behaviour which may be quite different from that at home can be very unsettling.
7. Young children may not be completely toilet trained at this stage. They are usually in the process of getting toilet trained. Rushing them in the morning to get them ready for school may interfere with the toilet training process and the children may regress. This may give rise to health issues.
8. Children of this age have a unique way of learning. They are naturally curious and learn through exploration of their environment. They are not ready to follow adult instructions and participate in structured activities.
So, we suggest that you keep your child at home until he/she is really ready to start school.