The decision to de-school Big Bro, my 3 year old, from his pre-school nursery did not come quickly. It took me some time (months) to ponder if I really should not let him interact with kids his age even if only half a day 3x a week (not full time) and absorb vocabulary from his teachers. Suddenly, my prayers were answered, my heart reached a point where I was confident about homeschooling as the best method of education for him and his 2 year old brother for now. Today, I officially stopped sending him to nursery.
Al-Hamd'lillah, my husband also agreed that homeschooling them before 7 would be a good pilot project. A headstart to test ourselves as a guide and teacher to our own children. If we are capable of homeschooling them during their early years, then later on we can use it as a base to decide whether we should homeschool them when they reach school age.
I was so happy today to have found an email in my inbox from Universal Preschool saying:
""What about socialization?"
Think about that question for a minute. The idea that 3-and-4-year-olds learn social skills from other little kids in a preschool setting is silly. You can't learn skills from someone who doesn't have them. Little kids learn how to behave appropriately from adults.
Ideally, parents model social skills and show their children how to behave in any given situation. They show their kids how to share, be polite, wait their turn, and cooperate with others. Through parent-supervised play with friends in the neighborhood, little kids learn all of the sandbox rules needed to get along with others.
The National Institute of Child Health and Development, reports that children who spend a portion of time in daycare/preschool centers with non-parental care during the first five years of life are prone to disruptive behavior, disobedience and aggression. Some researchers theorize that our social experiment in institutionalizing young children has led to the prevalence of Oppositional Defiance Disorder, hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorder and the associated overuse of prescription medications to control these disturbing behaviors.
Taking tiny children out of the arms of their mothers to drop them off with strangers for hours each day can't possibly bode well for humanity in the long run. Above all else, little kids need to be with the people who love them the most and who put their needs first. They need the one-on-one time with mom and dad to establish the emotional stability that is a foundation for desirable social behavior that will last throughout their lifetime."
What a reassuring message!
InshaAllah, it is the right time to pull him out of nursery that he's been going to for the last 2 years.
Al-Hamd'lillah, my husband also agreed that homeschooling them before 7 would be a good pilot project. A headstart to test ourselves as a guide and teacher to our own children. If we are capable of homeschooling them during their early years, then later on we can use it as a base to decide whether we should homeschool them when they reach school age.
I was so happy today to have found an email in my inbox from Universal Preschool saying:
""What about socialization?"
Think about that question for a minute. The idea that 3-and-4-year-olds learn social skills from other little kids in a preschool setting is silly. You can't learn skills from someone who doesn't have them. Little kids learn how to behave appropriately from adults.
Ideally, parents model social skills and show their children how to behave in any given situation. They show their kids how to share, be polite, wait their turn, and cooperate with others. Through parent-supervised play with friends in the neighborhood, little kids learn all of the sandbox rules needed to get along with others.
The National Institute of Child Health and Development, reports that children who spend a portion of time in daycare/preschool centers with non-parental care during the first five years of life are prone to disruptive behavior, disobedience and aggression. Some researchers theorize that our social experiment in institutionalizing young children has led to the prevalence of Oppositional Defiance Disorder, hyperactivity, Attention Deficit Disorder and the associated overuse of prescription medications to control these disturbing behaviors.
Taking tiny children out of the arms of their mothers to drop them off with strangers for hours each day can't possibly bode well for humanity in the long run. Above all else, little kids need to be with the people who love them the most and who put their needs first. They need the one-on-one time with mom and dad to establish the emotional stability that is a foundation for desirable social behavior that will last throughout their lifetime."
What a reassuring message!
InshaAllah, it is the right time to pull him out of nursery that he's been going to for the last 2 years.
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