As previously mentioned, it is important that adults, especially parents, know the importance of children’s cognitive development, how it works and how it can be supported. To achieve this purpose, pre-school are important in helping children go to this process of growth and development, gain some basic knowledge and information that might be useful once they start primary school. Furthermore, it has also been observed that children who did not attend pre-school, often have to deal with separation problems from their mums (because of the bound they have been creating since birth) when they start primary school. In fact, pre-school seems to help kids gain a sense of security also outside of their homes, as well as the possibility to explore the world around them and get more familiar with both who they are and who other peers around them are. In particular, an early childhood education prepare children for ‘school readiness’ “a product of the interaction between the child and the range of environmental and cultural experiences that maximize the development outcomes for children”.

Some of he main benefits of preschool are as follows:

1. Acquire Social Skills

• how to wait for turns,
• how to follow instructions, and
• how to co-operate with other young children in different activities

         2. Learn the Basics through Play

• letters and alphabets (e.g. through singing activities);
• numbers (e.g. through block counting);
• language and literacy skills
• basic concepts of mathematics (e.g. by cooking)
• some hints of biology and geography (e.g. through the contact with nature, puzzles, finger painting activities)

        3. Encourage Creativity

• Children have the opportunity of spreading their creativity through artistic activities and gain motivation to learn

4. Give boost to motor skills
   • physical development and balance (e.g. through running and climbing);
   • hand-eye coordination improvement (e.g. through scissor cutting).