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02/18/2013
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Babies six months already have contact with tablets along with toys
But overstimulation may be a problem for children, warn experts
RIO - Rio Creches individuals are investing heavily in technology and offer tablets and cameras online for parents who want to "spy" the babies during the day. Although the use of technological resources is still controversial among experts - many teachers and educators point out that the use of TV by children is linked to increased incidence of obesity - they are already part of the menu of stimuli that children are receiving very early in Rio. Tuition rising at the pace of innovation and has cost over R$ 2000.
By the owners of nurseries, the reasons for so many features ranging from parents' wishes, demands of the labor market to safety. In Miraflores, kindergarten, bilingual school that has units in Laranjeiras and Barra da Tijuca, the monthly payment for a baby for a year is about R$ 2600 on a full time basis. And the waiting list for the nursery already in 2014. There, babies six months already have contact with tablets along with toys.
- Before the nurseries were a place for parents to leave their children, today's society is realizing that it is a crucial period of development of the child - says Leah Rocha Lima, founder of Miraflores in the 70s and current pedagogical director. - Parents want to give the best for their children. The children have the capacity to absorb, they already have, but there are parents who infantilize much the children - think.
In the Little Rascals day care center in Ipanema, the monthly costs R$ 2,410 for the period from 7:30 am to noon or from 13h to 17h. The Creative, Botafogo, Cobra R$ 1,680 for the full period. The high value of tuition is linked to high costs, the owners contend daycare. The managing director of Miraflores, Lima Luiz Eduardo Rocha, the son of Leah, cites lack of skilled labor and real estate speculation as obstacles.
- A private school is expensive because it is good and qualified personnel is scarce. Childhood education is an investment medium and long term - said, dismissing the expansion of facilities and the course which ends today in elementary school.
According Marina Alessandra Garcez, president of Asbrei (Brazilian Association of Childhood Education) and a member of the Middle Palmo and many nurseries are now highly professionalized and this is reflected in the value of tuition.
- Today you do not see much of the city the teacher who retired there a more entrepreneurial - states. - We have to work with very specialized personnel, air conditioning, English teaching, training, this leads to the subscription price it is today. If you have computer class with computers have to have it in the tuition. When you have a business vision, explained it best. There are differences in the routine that will increase the cost - adds.
Psychologist Fabiana Souza Santaana owns the Studio of Children, bilingual preschool in Grajaú, and a recruitment company. The monthly charge for the period is in full R$ 2300. The nursery offers free cameras that can be accessed by a reserved portion of the site daycare and an evaluation system for employees.
- We have goals, choice of employee proactive and better team, with cash prizes each year. Just count the votes of employees - claims. - The educational part is very important, but also the administrative part. The more a school stands out best to put the employee in the curriculum - says.
The administrator Ana Cristina Damiani shares with two psychoanalysts command of Curious Age, nursery Laranjeiras. The full-time tuition is around £ 2300. Ana Cristina is also part of the list of nurseries with administrators. Some of the rooms have cameras with videos that are internally.
- Ten years there, the market has changed, became more demanding and, in the case of early childhood, the decision is totally family - says.
But the use of technology has a root: consumerism. The overwhelming opinion is Regina Assisi, former secretary of education and municipal consultant in education and media, with a Masters in Human Development from Harvard and Ph.D. from Columbia University. For her early stimulation is a serious mistake and is being used by numerous nurseries to justify higher tuition.
- It is a decoy. This delights parents and children will be overstimulated, but that does not mean they will learn better. The child should not see the sky painted on television, but look at it in fact, hold land, mud, paint, and this is not replaceable by TV and computers - states.
Regina says not contrary to circuit cameras, which are used for security, but said the use of computers and TVs still need supervision.
- Then we have to deal with children extremely agitated, the dispersion of attention and apathy. Only about five years the child begins to represent reality and there should begin to TV and games, but always by appointment and supervised.
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