"Book, pen, ink, pencil, I'm tearing it apart, school is starting, I'm just telling you..." as well as the nursery school. We still enjoy the summer heat, the beach, trips, the children the break, the adults the freedom, and we are not yet willing to allow the thought of in a month, nursery school, kindergarten and school will start. At the same time, busy weekdays are also returning. It is worth taking advantage of the remaining free time and sunshine, spending the time as experience-rich as possible, so that on cloudy autumn days we can return to the summer experiences in our imagination.
Every year, the start of the school year marks a new beginning for families, which can be stressful as well as exciting.. The children and their parents when starting or continuing to attend an institution they encounter new and new challenges, to which it is worth preparing both emotionally and spiritually.
One a three-part series of articles we would like to help parents prepare for the start of the school year, what is worth paying attention to during this period. The first part provides a little help for getting used to kindergarten.
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For the little ones it is the first social environment is the nursery school. This is the place where for the first time they have to be separated from their parents for an extended period of time and they receive care from other adults, where tthere are several children in the group, where they encounter rules for the first time within an institutional framework. Many new situations arise, which fexpected adaptation from children. This period can also be quite stressful for the parents, as the feeling of uncertainty is often expressed in the parent.
TIP 1: The most important thing is to create a sense of security and trust
Primarily for 2-3 year old children a sense of security is important, the formation of "I'm in the right place" and the trust on the part of the parent towards the institution and the caregivers, "my child is in a good place". Therefore, during the process of getting used to the nursery school, the children develop as one caregiverare attached to, he as secondary attachment person appears in their lives, who reassures them or to whom they can turn if they have a problem.
TIP 2: Communication
It can help a lot in the training process if a appropriate communication and relationship develops between parent and child educator. After all, both parties consider the well-being of the child to be important, not to mention that smooth communication also helps to discuss positive things and difficulties.
TIP 3: Transitional subject
It makes it easier for the little ones to get used to nursery school, if there is one temporary objectUK, which also carries a bit of mother, home and security. This is often it also helps to calm down, fall asleep and separate.
TIP 4: Rest
After nursery for the child it is necessary to ensure rest and free play in home conditions. It is worth giving room for processing the many nursery school experiences. If possible, avoid other afternoon programs for the sake of the above.
TIP 5: Tale, tale, tale
A great help for children in coping with new situations is (read) fairy tales. Let's tell a lot, even fiction stories, or at this age it's best if by heart, we spontaneously invent "I-stories", thus supporting the youngest in adapting to the new life situation.
+1 TIP for nursery education: What should we pay attention to?
Symptoms of anxiety may also occur during training, which is worth paying attention to. For example, he wakes up at night and cries, has bad dreams, has difficulty falling asleep. He doesn't want to eat, go to the toilet, or sleep in the nursery. Childcare workers report a fight. His behavior will be withdrawn, he does not want to play with his peers. In such cases, it is worth thinking about what might be behind the symptoms. At home is conversation, reading fairy tales (wise stories), lots of love-making, and babysitting, which resolves the tensions that have developed in the child.
With the start of nursery school life in families, several changes can occur at the same time, e.g. mother goes back to work, father takes the little one to daycare, the process of getting used to the community, separation, brother is in kindergarten or school. The new family life is felt by all members of the family, as the way of life that had been used to that time is strongly transformed. Let's be patient with each other and with ourselves in the process of change. Let's give the family time to get used to the new arrangement.
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Sources:
Sándor Weöres: School is starting
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