Is Your Toddler Ready for Playschool?

Do you want to put your toddler into a playschool? But do you know what the right age is? What factors should you consider before looking for a playschool? What makes a playschool an ideal playschool for your toddler? Our proparent Ridhi Doomra, in her current blog, shares some insight on how to gauge whether your toddler is ready for playschool or not?

As a first time mom, you are anxious to know by when you should send your toddler to playschool. You want to send her to playschool but at the same time you get disheartened by all the teary-eyed goodbyes, you see when other moms send their children to playschool. You want to avoid it and hence want to ensure that the transition from home to a playschool should be an easy one.

Ideas that would help to decide whether Toddler is ready for playschool 

But how do you ensure that? Well, here I have shared some must-know ideas that would help you to decide whether your toddler is ready for playschool or NOT.

• Age is not just a number: Though there are playschools that accept toddlers as young as one and a half year olds as well, please remember the right age to send your toddler to playschool is anywhere between 2 and 3 years. However, that doesn’t mean that as soon as your toddler turns 2, you start preparing him for a playschool. There are other factors and one of them is whether the toddler is able to express himself verbally. And that forms the crux of our second pointer.
• Speech is gold here: You must have heard that speech is silver and silence is golden. But in this case speech is golden. If you feel that your toddler is still not able to voice his basic needs it is better to delay his admission to a playschool. Basic needs include – the urge to pee, or poop, drink water, or is hungry.
• Where do I live? This is another thing you as a parent need to keep in mind. Before you decide to send your toddler to a playschool, do ensure that he knows his address by-heart. He should be well-versed with his flat number, society name, sector, and any other information vital for your postal address.
• My parents’ number: Last but definitely not the least. You need to make your toddler remember the phone numbers of both yours and the husbands including the landline if any. This would help him in an emergency. Make sure that he learns all the phone numbers by heart.

Once you feel that your toddler is ready with all the four points mentioned above you could happily start searching for a playschool for your toddler.

These are some of the points I feel, every parent should consider before putting their toddler into a playschool. Please do share your tips and ideas as well with us in the comments section below.