Are you in favor of sending your child to school at an early age??

HI, When my son reached 2 years old, I did intend to send him to playgroup for half day class,but then I make the last decision to cancel it off and let him stay at home for another year. Some parents have to send their child to childcare centre / play school, because they are working parents and nobody can help to takecare of their kids at home,therefore school is the best place for the kids to stay while parents are busy working. at least, at school, the kids get to socialize with other kids,make new friends,learn abc,colouring,sing nursery rhymes,etc. However, when our kids started to go school, the sickness seem started to come and visit them too. Like my son, he seem easily fall sick since went to school. Therefore, I let him drink plenty of water and vitamin C to keep him healthy.

I am a teacher, so this response is going to come from a teacher's point of view :-) Also, I teach right around the age group that you're talking about - so this is coming from a teacher, not a parent's point of view (since I don't have children yet! lol) As a teacher I can see the social benefits in children going to school at an early age. I'm not saying that you need to send your child to school when he/she is 2 years old but a 3 or 4 year old program (usually preschool) is an excellent way to get them ready for Kindergarten. It's not even all about learning their ABC's or numbers, it's about the socialization. Kindergarten is so much different now than what it was even 20 years ago when I was going through it. I really feel that a child benefits from the social school experience (pre-k) once then get into Kindergarten. It makes the transition so much easier.

I am a primary school teacher and the parent of three children. I think that most girls are ready for school at around 4 to 5 years old. However I feel that boys of that age just want to play. They are ready for school at around 6 to 7 years old. In my home country children tend to begin school at 4 years old. The legal age is 5 years old but most begin in the reception year which is for children from 4 to 5 years old. From 3 to 4 years old many children go to a nursery school. Not many children join a nursery school before age 2 years and 10 months old. I wouldn't send my child to school at a very young age because he or she might grow tired of schooling. I have noticed that children in some European countries begin school at 7 years old. They know more by the time they reach 11 years old than children in my home country do so. I believe in my home country children begin school too early.

Yes i am favor of this to sending child to schools at an early age.. because if child cross the age of 3rd.. then i think it is a good time to send him/her schools to learn something.. and i think today's child are very very advanced.. and their brains are very very good.. and also imaginations power also strong.. so i think if we send them schools at an early age. then they grow up their mind.. and also good students in future..

hi, i studied Child Daycare Management with a focus on Early Childhood Development and this is what i learned: it's good to send your child to formal school early, but not too early. what i mean is, kindergarten is only meant for children age 3-4 and there is a good reason behind this. if you send your two-year old child to kindergarten, it may be too early for him or he may not yet be "developmentally ready" for it. there are child geniuses though and they can learn more beyond their age without getting mentally stressed. if you see a potential in your child they you can send him to school early. on the other hand, you cannot force an average child to go to school way earlier for his age - it might actually be bad for him. in psychology there is this thing called "developmentally appropriate." there are certain activities that are ideal only for a certain age groups. there are appropriate learning activities for one-year-olds, two-year, or 5-year-olds, etc. make sure that your child is exposed enough to these activities before he can move on to the next level of activities as he ages. if you have the knowledge (and you have the time) you can train your child in these activities yourself without sending him to a daycare. just make sure that you also find other ways for your child to get to be with other children so he may develop his social skills.