Parental Influence on Pre-school Children Performance

Parents of preschool children are often faced with unique challenges that hinder them from meeting the learners¿ needs. These include: insufficient time, job type, home rules, level of education, order of priority, set home environment, opinion to voluntary work at school, time taken to respond to school activities, buying instructional materials, attending parents meetings, conferences, sports, academic clinic day, and discussing the academic progress of the child. If the above needs are not attended to, the child may not perform well because of inadequate parental support. The purpose of the study was to establish the influence of parental involvement on academic performance of preschool children in Kangeta division, Meru County, Kenya. The book is recommeded for parents, child care teachers, college tutors and students at all levels of learning taking Early Childhood Education.