Play-Based
In a play-based program, children choose some activities based on their current interests.
Also called "child-centred"
The play-based classroom is broken up into sections:
Section 1: Home
Section 2: Kitchen
Section 3: Science area
Section 4: Reading corner
Section 5: Space with blocks and other toys.
Teachers encourage the kids to play, facilitating social skills along the way.
While they are playing, they learn some social skills and cooperation with others.
Academic
Alternatively, there are academic programs, considered didactic,
“teacher-directed,” “teacher-managed.”
In these classrooms, teachers lead the
children in a more structured way, planning the activities, then guiding the
children in doing them.
This design is aimed at preparing kids for the
kindergarten setting.
For the most part, classroom time is devoted to
A. learning
letters and sounds,
B. Distinguishing shapes and colors
C. Telling time, and other
skills.
A play-based classroom is too chaotic .
The important thing to
remember is that preschool should not look like elementary school. “It should
be organized so there is a plan and routine for the day.