Re:Schools for 3 year old & 2 year old 4 Months ago
At the risk of starting a heated discussion about early childhood development, I would still recommend a ECD center rather than traditional preschool for children under 4.
Full disclosure - I've been a Gymboree teacher for 5 years, I really believe in the program and I've seen what it has done for the kids and their families. Not all learning is in books. Play is the most important medium of learning for children at this age and not "just playing". They have to develop physically, mentally, cognitively, emotionally and socially through age-appropriate activities that need reinforcement from the most important people in their life.
It's not that we don't have enough teachers that we require a parent or a care-giver to be present. It's that you are their first teacher and the most important one at that.
I resent some statements made here about early childhood education that imply its insignificance.
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