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5 Attributes of Quality Preschool
Choosing which preschool to send your child to can be challenging. On top of that, there are lots of other factors that parents consider when choosing a preschool program for their child.
Today, we’ve come up with five different qualities we think are important when considering which preschool to send your child to.
If you’re ready to sign them up today, just rest assured that you can trust our preschool program at Just For Kids in Chicago. Contact our team today to get your child enrolled in preschool or to learn more about our program and our child care center as a whole!
5 Signs of a Quality Preschool
Learn about five things you should consider when selecting a preschool for your child.
Balance
Make sure you find a preschool that has balance between active play and fun time with lessons that challenge them academically. This will give them a space where they are free to be a kid, but they are also learning other skills to prepare them for kindergarten, like:
- Adjusting to a daily schedule
- Being in school all day
- Working with their peers
- Following simple directions
- Gaining familiarity with shapes, letters, and numbers
The Right Environment
Your child will spend a large amount of time at the preschool you decide on, so you want to make sure you’re sending them to a warm environment with staff and teachers who care.
At Just For Kids, we know how important your children are to you and have designed a preschool program that supports them while also teaching them valuable lessons. Our entire goal is to help the transition from being at home to being in a classroom
Curriculum
Preschool is an advantageous opportunity to help your children prepare for kindergarten,so the type of curriculum should play a large factor in what preschool you end up choosing. In fact, the right preschool curriculum will cater to their social and emotional development while also providing them with opportunities to socialize with their peers and build their own independence and confidence.
Providing curriculum that helps children reach their different developmental milestones is something that is important to our entire team at Just For Kids. That’s why our child care center is also registered with the Illinois State Board of Education.
Active Learning
Active learning is a powerful tool to help children learn through experiencing and doing. This happens when children are given the time and space to discover and play with their peers and in a preschool setting. When you’re looking for a preschool to send your child too, look at their teaching style. Do they talk about active learning and play time?
We’ve already talked about this experiential portion of learning and our programs on our blog because we think that this is so integral to the success and development of children:
Additional Programs
While choosing a preschool for the curriculum and environment it provides is important, you also want to look at the child care center as a whole. What kind of space is the preschool held at? For example, some preschool programs are held at local churches or elementary schools.
The preschool program through Just For Kids is held at our child care center. You can also take advantage of our other programs, including our programs during school holidays, our before and after school care, and summer camp opportunities. When you choose Just For Kid’s preschool program, you can get additional care and support for your preschooler and you’ve found a child care center where you can also send your other children to our different programs.
Enroll Your Children in Preschool Today
Once you’ve decided that Just For Kids in Chicago is the right preschool for your child, make sure you enroll them today.
Learn more about the benefits of preschool and other child care services on our blog: