Helping to prepare children for kindergarten may be a bit challenging for some and a breeze to others. It's all about the individual child. Here are a couple of things listed to help you and your child who has started to go to Kindergarten.
1Practice and get used to separation. This may be especially challenging for some, parents and children alike. If your child has not attended already a day care or other child care academy, it is crucial to practice separation. Leave the child with a trusted entity twice a week for an hour or two. Practice makes perfect.Ad
2Change the child's nap schedule so that it will be similar to the nap schedule at school. If your child is still taking naps everyday, it is a good thought to get them on a new nap schedule that will not alter with their school schedule. If your child is crabby during school, he or she may not get the full experience of nursery school that you would expect because they are too tired to learn.
3Validate that your child is potty trained. Of course, this is apparent, but on occasion when some kids start preschool they’re not given proper toilet training habits. If your child isn’t completely trained by preschool, it not only puts a load on the teacher, but singles out your child as underdeveloped amongst his peers.
4Meet the teacher with your child. When you meet your child’s teacher with your child be sure of talking about important matters. What’s more, introduce the teacher to your child as this will help to lessen some difficulties and unease on the first day of school.
5Walk past at break-time to see children playing happily outside. This might help your child be more comfortable on their first day of school. Take them there the day before so that they'll be more at ease.
6Get your kid(s) mentally ready. Make sure your child(ren) know what's going on, the fact that they will have to go to school and be away from their parents for a long time. Sometimes this can be hard, but you can make it easier by maybe engaging your kid(s) in a game where you can play the teacher and they can be the student(s) or they can be the teacher(s) and you can be the student.Ad
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- Talk about your child's interests and the things (s)he'll enjoy there - for example "there'll be tons of sand to play with - you'll love that" or "there'll be book time".
- Talk about the enjoyable activities he'll be doing that build on their talents they already do at home - painting, drawing, cutting and pasting and listening to stories, for example.
- Consider buying a backpack. Even for nursery school your child might not need a backpack there's a chance at one point they will end up needing it for school, whether its for transporting arts and crafts or if it's so they can act like the other big kids that have their backpacks. Nursery school is like training wheels on a bike, it's for when you're not ready for the real deal but there are people to help you so you can get trained for it.
- Be wary of the separation anxiety.
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