What is the best age to start education?

i went when i was two and im very successful

First of all we need to know how old your son is now and what grade is he in. Parents are always needed to give guidance to their children. It is our responsibility to see to it that they grow up to be a well rounded adult. The best thing a parent can give to their child is their time.

There's no simple answer, but I guess it all depends on your kid in general. It could be that his having started early schooling has resulted in the lukewarm attitude toward school, or it's simply because your son is still young, and is not yet responsible, hence the lack of seriousness. Just be patient with him; it might just be a stage in his life. Who knows, with your parental guidance, he will start to pick up, and be more responsible later.

Children are not naturally geared towards formal studies before the age of 5 or 6. Before then, they are exploring the world around them and learning valuable lessons whether you know it or not. They should be allowed to "study" normally, playing with cars and toys--this is how they learn about gravity, movement, momentum and the laws of nature. They also learn to interact with people by their relations with their family. All this prepares them for school, whets their curiosity and by the time they are in kindergarten at 5 years old, they are ready and they have some understanding of the world around them. To expect a child under the age of 5 or 6 to seriously study is to go against the nature of the child and I think you are asking for trouble later on.

I think the earlier the better my friend. Although there are also advantages and disadvantages of it since, a child's mind is so young that it easily adapts to learning but on the other hand, a child's young mind might be stressed earlier when he starts school early or he might fail to enjoy a true life of being a child.

4 is the exact age to begin a child's study tour. it is because a child's cognition is equally balanced at this age.perfect to learn phonetics, which can never be learnt in any other later ages. 2 years is too early to make a child attentive. however you can place your child in a play school at this age to combine the practice of education through play...

I believe that kids below 3 years of old should be sent to school, ideally. Kids are very tender and innocent at the age of 2 and if send them even to play schools they feel the pinch of it. If kids are sent to play school after they attain the age of 3 years, they will be able to handle the situation in a better manner. I do not think that you sending your son to school at an early age of 2 years has affected his studies. Every child has its own learning capacity and understanding and they learn and perform accordingly. Please try to spend some more time with your child and try to remove insecurity feelings, if you feel, he has any. He will improve, gradually, I am hopeful. Every child loves games, toys and cars and there is nothing wrong in it.

I think sending kids too young to school is not advisable. They will get bored of studying the same stuff until they reach kinder. I think sending them to playschool is a waste of time and money cos they will have another year or so of pre-foundation class or kinder before entering the formal class 1. Give them the joy of learning in a home environment first before embarking on serious schooling.

I'm not sure I read your post right, is your son past 2 yrs old, and is now going to grade school, or he's still a preschooler? 'Coz there definitely is a change in the capacity/approach to learn between these periods. Preschoolers learn lots from play, and mostly from home; once they reach grade school, learning is more structured. First off, I'm thinking like you, that he may have gone to school a bit early. Even if it's just playschool, the environment was with a teacher and a group of other kids. There's a bit of structure there. I think the ideal age for a child to start school is 4 yrs., if you wish for them to be introduced to it early. Otherwise, the normal time to enter it is 5-6 yrs. for kindergarten, 6-7 yrs. for 1st grade. It's possible he didn't have much time for playing back then, so is making up for it now. Try to set aside time for playing now, but explain to him he needs to attend to his studies too.

Hi dear well, sure i will say 2 yrs is tooo young to put him in any school, even its play group why u want to put responsibilities at such early stage. i put my son in play group when he was 3 and still i was not in favour of it, i believe that initial oroentation of words, animals, colors must be given at home ansd at age of 4 , kids should go to school. not before that Take care

Hi sree I Suppose you are talking of your elder son who must be about 6 or 7 years of age now....Well Let me tell you one thing,just relax and stop worrying unnecessarily about him.Most children,especially boys like to play with their toys ,rather than do their home work willingly at this age.It is only few children who sit and study and do their home work regularly and voluntariy at this age.Well Sree till he is a little older,I am afraid you will have to sit with him regularly at least for a couple of hours and help him with his studies.And since I know you have to take care of your younger one also,you have only two choices left...Either ask your hubby to help your son with his home work every day or else arrange for a tution teacher to come home in the evenings and help with his studies,ok...Good luck....

It really depends on the child sometimes they will sit and study with you,sometimes they have a go on their own but colouring and painting is a good way of getting them to sit on their own even if it is for a few minutes.Kids do get fed up with it sometimes and the best thing to do is not push them,boys are worse my son just was not interested in sit down work,but we took him out and about.We used to ask how many yellow cars can you see?he would count them, how many green things can you see,and I spy with my little eye.Tell me what the word is and you can have a toffee,read this page and we will play ball.That are a few things we used to do with him,get him books on what he likes ,Thomas the tank engine was my sons all time favourite ,we used to buy the videos with the words that came up with the songs there is more than one way to make it work,if he is like my son he learn't without realising and a bit of bribery he is know top of his class in secondary school and already has passed seven GCSE and he took them at fourteen ,he is know taking seven more in june ,he has chosen his Alevels and is set in two years time to go to university,so don't worry it will all happen for him.It is tiring as you do more work in the long run but beleave me it is worth it.He loves school and learning know he is like a sponge soaking up knowledge.xx

I sent my kids to nursery school at age 4. My daughter was not mature enough for nursery school, so it took her a few extra months to gain more maturity. Our son, enjoyed nursery school. I think when ever you child is ready is a good time to send them, but it is also important to let them be a kid, they will be going to school for a long time. Maybe your son needs a break from school. How old is he? Is he still in pre school. Sound like he just wants some attention from you. Is he an only child? Maybe get some friends to come in and play. Sounds like he is enjoying his cars and toys, something he doesn't get much of in school.

Hi, I am not in a position to answer this question because I am not yet married so dont have kids, but I can give you my uncle's example. He always loves his son and takes every day. My aunt sent her son to "Kinder Garden School" at the age of 1-11months he enjoyed lot and studied too. Many times my aunt watched her son from windows. Also in the beginning she did "Saraswathi Pooja" for success. I think it is the power of Lord Saraswathi that is working good to him. He has more concentration & extending studying time day by day. I think to achieve success we need to balance our life's materially and spiritually. Moreover in the beginning it looks somewhat to stressful to son but slowly he improves latter(it is always good to share live-real examples with son). Bye.

There are advantages and disadvantages of sending a child to school very early. Being a teacher, I do not encourage parents having to sit with a child for studies. How long are you going to do it? If you make a practice of it, they will expect the same even when they are in high school. I have students who expect their parents to sit beside them or else they can't study....even when the parent is not directly involved in the studying process and is not helping in any way. The children want the comfort of the parent. Coming to pre-school education....in some schools I find it is an extension of the bigger school and the students have to follow a syllabus and do homework. This I do not agree on. All children are not the same. Some kids get into the routine and find it easier to mingle into mainstream school...but some kids, if the pressure is too much for their little minds give up then and there. Children who would otherwise have been smart children in school...do not want to do any reading and writing when they have to..because they have been exposed to it and been expected to perform when they were not ready for it. As you know, I have two kids...and both are very different. I saw the little one was being forced to write before he was 3 and realized that it might result in him hating to write. I know he is a smart child (very different from his brother's smartness, though) and he is quick to grasp concepts. He doesn't see the point of writing alphabets (he has just learnt that the alphabets make sounds...hasn't realized that put together they make words or that written words can be used to express)...at the same time...he is willing to write numbers because he has been able to relate numbers and things that happen around him. As far as your son is concerned, what has been done is done. No point in looking at what or who is to blame. Now, let's look at how your son can be helped. Fix up a time for studies...small slots at first (even 10-15 minutes is fine). Let him understand that there is a time for him to do his work. Encourage him at that time to do his homework on his own...check it AFTER he has done it...if there is a mistake, talk to him if he has understood the concept or why he has made the mistake. If you have to sit with him then to explain something, do it. Or else, ask him to re-do it again. If you do this consistently for a few days, he will soon get the idea and start doing it on his own.

As you must be knowing in India, the standard age for children to start their education is 5yrs. I do believe our forefathers were wise enough to understand the importance of not putting the child into written education from a very early age…they let children enjoy the early years. However, now with so much competition about getting into a good school, most kids start as early as 2yrs and what not are they made to do! I really feel sorry for them…having to mug up spellings and numbers from such tender age. I was lucky enough to get my son to a completely Montessori based kindergarten and he never had to carry any books there. Then the main school where I finally admitted him at 3+ also did not have any books till UKG i.e. age 5+. However, I don’t think your observation about your son is true…children are like that you know…its best when they don’t have to study at all! And why blame them…weren’t we the same when we were their age?

I think children should be allowed to play and learn at home till they are about 3/4 years old. Two is too small for them to be going to school. Anyway they will be studying for the next 15 years of their life. We should let them enjoy life till they are 3/4 years old and not burden them with studies.

Hi friends, actually the age of kids should be 4 or 5 years to begin the school education. But now a days parent admit their kids in school in the age of 2 or 3 years.Now the name of that school is play school.Some times the kids are frightened at the early age of 2 or 3 years. So ,I think it is not good. At this age they usually play with toys and mud. My childs are going to school. But I am not admitted them to school in the early age. Now they are studying well . Alright they need company of parents at the time of study. But they show us new things, new experiences and refresh our knowledge ,while they are reading. In our view they are not disturbing our work or mind,instead they pass our time smoothly.

I think it is 3 years to start education. That is neither too small or matured age. The child can very well understand the things and at the age of 15, he will reach 10th class and finish his graduation at the age of 21

The best age scientist suggest to start education for kids is between 3months to 3 years where their brain is in the developing stage. In this age the information that we give as input to them will be registerd as any other messages after aged.This is the best stage where the learning capacity is more where they have the talent to learn more than 500 languages (provided parents knows it).So start as early as possible inorder to make a brilliant child for the future.