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Children show benefits from pre-K as they grow, study shows
Georgia applauded for effort to give students an early start on schooling
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Pre-kindergarten students Zoé Wright, right, and Olivia Lester, both 4, play a game together on a tablet Friday morning during class at First Presbyterian Church Child Development Center. A new study shows Georgia pre-K students show success at the end of kindergarten in a variety of areas.
It’s easier for a child to learn to hold a pencil if they first know how to build a tower with Legos. “There are so many skills that you don’t realize a child needs to develop,” said Patti Reed, curriculum director at First Presbyterian Church Child Development Center in Gainesville. “... Most children in the two-parent working society that we have now — most children need this pre-K time to grow and learn.” A study commissioned by the state and released last week backs up that claim.