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Any suggestions for a good learning school/ nursery for my 4 year old daughter? She is going to a school now but all she do there is playing on swings and when i ask about any other activity she dont know anything.

Is she at a centre? Daycare? Did you ask her teacher what activities they do?

best thing that a four year old kid can be doing is playing. Many child psychologists have documented how we as a society force schooling at too young of an age.

Ask the teacher what they are doing.  
 
My six year old (who's doing remote learning via Teams) will get asked on Monday what she did on the weekend. She will invariably answer, "Watch TV."  
 
What did we actually do? Play board games, ride bikes, go for a hike (where she fell in a shallow creek thing and got all wet), made pizzas, played in our backyard pool etc.  
 
But nope. According to her, the only thing of note was watch TV! Lol

Play based learning is the best possible education for a toddler. That is how their brain works at that age and that is how they will learn and retain their education. They learn colours, shapes, numbers, letters through play. They learn about spatial awareness, gravity, risk, consequences, rewards, turn taking, manners, socialization, large motor skills, fine motor skills and the list goes on!!  
 
To adults it may seem like their only playing but it’s okay, they are doing exactly what they need to do for their age.  
 
The sit down, more formal type of preschool and school will come. Let them enjoy their toddlerhood and trust that play is enough  
 
At home, when you are playing with her, ask her what colour her toy car is? What colour is her dolls shirt? What would she do if her doll told her it was hungry? Sing the ABC’s with her. Do a puzzle. Make some art. I bet she knows more than you think!

Brandon Nursery School is great with great staff. Learn a lot and have structure.