Kindergarten and Preschool/nursery difference?

Elfreda Grossen: My addition question is why preschool is usually half day and why kindergarten is usually all day?

Myriam Hetjonk: It relies upon on the child. My son has a Sept. bday and he replace into 4 whilst he started Kindergarten. He had somewhat difficulty in the initiating, yet adjusted incredibly nicely. He surpassed kindergarten with flying colorings. he's now interior the 1st grade and doing nicely. He does have *some* difficulty with math, yet so did I whilst i replace right into a infant. if your daughter is already immature, then you definitely could be greater advantageous of holding her living house yet another and enrolling her in a preschool. If she's mature and looks to be on an analogous point as different childrens her age, then she'll probably be high-quality. one factor i might want to point is that I nonetheless each each now and then want i might have held my son out a 300 and sixty 5 days and enable him start up kindergarten at *very prac! tically* 6. that would desire to have meant he'd be in ok this 3 hundred and sixty 5 days extremely of 1st. yet, I paintings him lots at living house to maintain him from getting too frusterated. So, as her confirm, it somewhat is as much as you. you already know her greater advantageous than all people else does....Show more

Carolynn Testani: Depends in part on what country you are in. In the US, kindergarten is the beginning of elementary school. Currently, kindergarten functions almost the way 1st grade used to. It is much more structured and learning is far less play-focused than it once was. In preschool, children follow a play-based learning routine and they learn the skills that were taught in kindergarten years ago. They learn to follow a schedule, to follow directions, and how to function socially. They learn what letters and numbers are and how to use them, and other foundational literacy skills. They also learn basic science and math skills. All the! se skills are taught through hands-on, playful activities. By! the time they go to kindergarten, many are either reading or are ready to read and will do so within a month or two after starting kindergarten. The kindergarten classes I have visited recently have structured learning centers and the children rotate from center to center. In preschool settings, most of the day is free-choice play time and the children choose for themselves from constructive learning activities. Rules are pretty similar except that they become more detailed and explicit as the children get older. For example, in a preschool classroom the rule may simply be We use kind touches. That pretty much covers hitting, kicking, biting, etc.! In the kindergarten classroom, the rule may go into more detail about what kinds of touches are acceptable and what kinds are not. Does any of this help answer your question? If not, post some more detail and I will try to help.In answer to your edit, I would say it is probably to save parents money on day care, and to ! keep the children going on a level closer to first grade. Also, preschool isn't always half day. The children who attend my classroom are often in need of day care hours as well, and the whole day is structured with fun, playful learning activities. Can a child get by without preschool these days? Absolutely. The biggest benefit is probably the confidence they start kindergarten with as little learners, and the fact that they think of school as fun at that point and so they are looking forward to learning more....Show more