The purpose of this research is to examine the suitability of the education given in the primary schools in the city center of Tokat in the 2018-2019 academic year, by looking at the development of primary schools from the Ottoman period to the present, for the development of children at the preschool education level (5-6 years old). Scanning model was used in the research. The study group of the research consists of parents who sent students to primary schools in the central district of Tokat province in the 2018-2019 academic year. The data of the research were collected by the researcher through the interview form developed in accordance with the aims of the research. Content analysis was used to analyze the data obtained from the interviews in the research. As a result of the analysis of the data obtained from the research, it is seen that parents prefer primary schools because they want their children to receive religious education at an early age. In addition, it has been revealed that the primary school is perceived only as an "alternative Qur'an course to kindergartens" due to the fact that the parents do not have experience of a primary school or a similar institution in their own lives and the closed structure of primary schools. It is possible that the choice of a parent who wants their child to receive religious education at an early age, to send their child to the primary school will have consequences that may cause both pedagogical and psychological problems. The effects of these schools on children should be determined in all aspects and these results should be shared with the public.