Planning a pre-school service : an early childhood development centre

Abstract

My preface is based on the writings which inspired my thinking, particularly the ladies who have already established their private schools gave me more inspiration to launch my project. Their success in running them makes me wonder if I cannot also follow their examples closely so as to succeed. Will my dreams also turn into reality? One of the ladies is Margaret Skutch in her book 'Children at Work'. A practical approach to Early Education 1971. Published in Great Britain in 1973 by Elek Books Ltd. She says that when she wrote her book, she had already started a pre-school, seven years ago. She started with no experience, only a little training and practically no capital, but what she had was a lot of energy and a firm conviction that she wanted to make just as good an environment for learning as it was possible to make. Her own needs gave her more enthusiasm to start as she had two boys of her own and wanted a good school for them. She assessed her needs and found that they were unique as the Community had the similar needs. She then set to meet the needs by acquiring the training that she lacked and by finding the school room and buying the equipment she lacked.