Preschools are special schools for handling children the age of whom ranges from about two years to five years. These preschools prepare them for learning and education at nursery schools, through offering to them necessary abilities, qualities, and skills. The most important among these are communication skills (talking and listening); logical thinking skills; superficial understanding of the world around them; making friends; teamwork; self-help skills; social skills; early literacy; mathematical awareness, problem-solving skills; and other ancillary skills which make them truly ready for joining the nursery or primary schools.
This philosophy of early childhood education (ECE) to little kids is now gaining grounds fast in most of the well-developed and fast prospering countries of the world, inevitably including India. However, the majority of preschools or playschools in these countries are run and managed by private organizations or bodies, or even personally. Hence, the majority of the preschools in India also are private preschools, which follow diverse programs of philosophies for ECE. Some of the top private preschools in India at present are listed below. Again, today, the majority of the well-accredited private preschools located in India and abroad, commonly follow anyone of the following globally admired preschool programs: --- Montessori; Waldorf; Reggio Emilia; Head Start; HighScope; Bank Street; and Parent Co-Ops.
Preschools Education in India
In India also, the number of private play schools is going on increasing every year, especially in the major metropolitan cities of the country. Other fast progressing cities of India are also witnessing rapid growth in the popularity of preschools. Today, the industry of play schools in India is worth 4000 crore, and is fast growing with a high annual growth rate of about 35%. Out of a huge number of private school preschools, some are immensely popular and highly preferred by bulk of Indian parents, and consequently are internationally prominent. Among these preschool private schools, the following are most reputed and reliable at present:
- The Magic Years Montessori House of Children, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
- Step by Step, Panchsheel, New Delhi
- Head Start Montessori, Koramangala, Bangalore
- Kangaroo Kids, Bandra, Mumbai
- Vruksha Montessori, Alwarpet, Chennai
- Mongrace Montessori House, Short Street, Kolkata
- Little Scholars Playschool and Montessori House, Kolkata
- Little Pearls (Play School), New Delhi/NCR
- Amiown (Play School), New Delhi/NCR
- BACHPAN (Play School), Delhi/NCR
- Kidzee, Mumbai
- Tender Hearts, Mumbai
- Kangaroo Kids
- EuroKids (Play School)
- Shemrock Play Schools
- Apple Kids International Pre-Schools
- British Kids School, Hyderabad
- ABC Montessori, Pune
- Little Elly (Play School), Bangalore
- Kangaroo Kids, Mumbai
- Banjara Hills, Hyderabad
- Blue Bells Preparatory School, Gurgaon
- The Tree House (Play School), Mumbai
- Blooming Kids’ Play School, Kolkata
- Bamboola Play School, Chennai
- Bambino Kindergarten & Primary School, Raja Annamalai Puram, Chennai