Did you go to preschool?

I went to preschool at the age of 5. I think I enjoyed it. I was so young to remember much. I remember that every morning we had to recite the numbers from 1 to 100 before we start our lessons. I remember enjoying playing with my friends and I remember walking to school. I don't remember exactly what I learn at preschool or even if we had exams or not. I think the preschool nowadays are different. They are more academically inclined. There are exams and tests and too little play time.

This is another really good discussion baby,and I am sure that a lot of people went to preschool while others different,and I am sure there are some who went who wish they did not go,and then I am sure there are so who did not go,who wish they had went,and I know everyone is different,and that no two people have the same ideas,same opinions,and same preferences,and I know you told me you did not go to preschool,I did go to preschool when I was little and I started elementary school when I was six,and I am not sure if preschool is any different then it was back then or not,but I do not think it really teaches anything important,I love you with all my heart and soul,have a great day,good luck with all of your mylotting goals,and Happy Posting.

I did went to preschool, when I was 4 years old. I really liked going to school, and had lots of fun in school with friends too. I'm really glad that my parents sent me to that preschool, where the teachers were really nice. I can still remember some of the things happened in my preschool. We were told not to bring back any homework, as we shouldn't spend so much time to do any homework, but instead play more. Also, we were taught how to plant some vegetables, how to do some artwork, and also read some books together in the library. Also, I always have good time playing together with the other young kids. Going to preschool may not benefit me anything for preparing to enter the elementary school, but that's the important ages to shape my personality and attitude, I suppose. Nowadays, more preschools focus on studying so that the kids are ready when they enter the formal education. But I'd think this will "kill" the kids' creativity, hence I'm looking for some preschools that do not focus so much on study, but on developing the kids' soft skills for my son.

I never went to pre-school but there was no need, my mother was a stay at home mom so she was always with my brother and I until we were in high school when she got a job. I think pre-school is different now than it used to be. Now pre-school tries to get the kids ready to go into Kindergarten and in Kindergarten they are teaching the kids to write their names, simple words and read and even simple math. It seems too rushed to me but my grandsons are doing okay and often even great at school.

I went to one-year preschool class, not kindergarten, when I was six. It was offered by local primary school. We just need take one-year study here before going to primary school. Teachers taught us some basic knowledge and prepared us to receive primary education. I think it was useful then. But now preschool class is replaced by kindergarten in my country. In my opinion, the education of kindergarten is less practical and useful than that of preschool education I received.

When I was of schoolage, there was no such thing as preschool. All we had was kindergarten as our first educational experience. i think preschool would have been fun though. Children social interaction is very important. Don't you agree?

My sisters and i all started going to school at age 6... and we entered Prep... going to kindergarten was like not an option then because most schools in my country did not offer that yet... then by the following year... i was in grade one... The case is not the same with my brother who is the youngest... he went to kindergarten so started school at around 5 years old... then now that my daughter is three... i plan to enroll her next year so she will be in Kinder 1... then prep... then grade 1...

I never went to preschool, I'm not saying I'm old. I'm only 50, but they did not have it back then. My youngest granddaughter had went to pre k though, probably the same thing.

When I was that age (a long long time ago) there was only kindergarten. That was our preschool. It was a half day where we learned our alphabet and started to learn to read and basically just got used to going somewhere that we had to follow a specific schedule. Nowadays, though, it seems if kids don't know how to read by the time they start kindergarten, they are behind. So much more is expected of kids in school these days.

I did not go to pre-school in fact I don't think there was pre-school back then. There was kindergarden but I didn't go to that either. I started school in the first grade when I was 6 turning 7. My mom believed 4 hours of school was not worth her having to take us to school then going back in a few hours to pick us up again. Especially since she didn't drive and it would have been crazy her walking all that back and forth. Now adays kindergarden is all day and I probably would have gone if it was like that back in the day.

When I was 5 I went to school as a visitor in the grade one class. There was no pre-school offered during that time. But I was able to catch up what graders have to learn so I was given the grade like other enrolled students so in the following year I was promoted to grade 2. The experience I had was similar to the sharing of a friend who has a kid in pre-school.

i am smiling as i write this response. during my preschool days, which is very, very long time ago, i never heard of preschools in our place, we studied in a public elementary school and we were grade one in entering school. i was 6 when i was taken in. now, the children have the chance to be educated and exposed to other children to "socialize" at a much younger age of 4 with these nursery and preschools. most of them are private schools and they are surely too expensive!

I started Pre School when I was 2 years old. I don't remember it much. Although by the time I got into Kindergarden, I'm told, I knew much more than the other children, due to having already been taught. I don't have children of my own, nor have any children close to me in pre-school, so I do not know what it is like now. But I feel my pre school definitely benefited me.

Me too i haven't went to pre-school because at that age i suffered from asthma.

Yes, I did. It was a private school. I entered the preschool level when I was 4 years old, I think. From then on, I started from the Nursery up to Kindergarten 2. Then, after graduating from the preschool level, I entered the 1st grade until I reached the 6th grade and graduated from the same school. I do believe a major change had been done from the preschool of the previous years as compared today. My son is in Junior Kinder. It's equivalent to Kindergaten 1. A parent might think that preschool is just all about playing and improving the social skills of kids. But if one has to look in my son's subjects, it's like I've already enrolled him in the grade school level. He has more than 8 books. And his subjects, in my observation, are like the subjects taught in grade public school levels. I have no objection to learning. But most of the time, when I open my son's Assignment notebook, he's got tons of homeworks to do!

I didn't get to go to preschool. My mom didn't work and when I was a kid that was for familes with two working parents with very good jobs. It was private back then at day care facilities. They now offer some like 4k thru the school district, some churches even offer 3k. THere's also head start but you have to be below the poverty line to qualify for that & that starts @ 3yrs old. We looked into it but couldn't afford private and not poor enough to qualify for headstart. So the school dist now offering 4k is a blessing.

I didn't go to preschool either. I never really wanted to. When I started school they didn't have what they called preschool at the school but they did something called junior kindergarden. I didn't have to do that either. Most of the people that started in junior kindergarden weren't quite ready for kindergarden yet.

I don't know if it makes much of difference to me now. I did go to preschool, one year more than an average person. because i started out earlier. can't say i remember much of it, but since i lived in another country, i learned their language at a young age. a few semesters ago i took psycholinguistics and it says that kids who are exposed at an early stage become more creative, have wider vision and stuff. Especially if they are exposed to more languages, language goes deeper than any other knowledge. Its a whole different topic. but preschool is mostly to prepare kids for the coming challenges of school. I'm guessing you overcame it without preschool. You didn't miss much, i can hardly remember, you wouldn't have remembered either. I guess i'm the look forward kind of person. Have a nice day.

Hi somecowgirl, I haven't bumped in to you lately. Anyway, yah I did went to preschool. I don't exactly know if I love it though, the learning experience was great. And it's some sort of preparing you already for the next level. Although there isn't really a big effect on children that didn't go to preschool. But a child that went to preschool definitely have little advantage over those who didn't. The only thing that I really hate about it is that I have to wake up early in the morning, considering that waking up early is really not my thing.. hehe

Yes,when I was a young I remember the situation that I first come to the preschool .My father send me to the preschool and I fraid to stay there.But father leave me in it.I find there are all stranges,and then I cry and camo back to home earlier.