How to adapt a child to kindergarten
The new school year has just started, which means that those who first decided to attend kindergarten are in the midst of the process of getting used to it. What kind of animal is this adaptation and how to cope with it in our short tips.
Do you remember how you went to kindergarten? I remember. And for a minute, I am 36 years old. I sobbed in the locker room as I had never sobbed before, it seems. She stood in the middle of the room and roared, unable to move. There were some strangers around, some children … The teacher looked at me with her habitually tired look: “Another one …” Then, of course, she got used to where to go.
But the question is – maybe parents are able to help the baby cope with this terrible stress (yes, whatever one may say, stress is really creepy)? Woman’s Day compiled a small set of rules on how to make life easier for a child who went to kindergarten.
Kindergarten is a very special stage in a child’s life. The kid finds himself in a new room, where unfamiliar adults and children, unknown food and unknown toys. You should not immediately demand from him a full range of independent actions.
Dressing, eating, sleeping in the garden and talking about what happened during the day, your child, no doubt, will, just give him a little time and act gradually.
From excessive pressure and the stress added to it, the newly-made kindergartener will definitely not get used to everything faster, but, on the contrary, can get sick and thereby extend the adaptation process for at least another week.
The most important marker of the environment and what is happening in the world for any child is mom. It is clear that for a parent who is sending their beloved baby to kindergarten for the first time, this is also stress, but you should not cry in the locker room, saying goodbye to your son or daughter in the morning, this will make it worse not only for you, but also for the child.
Psychologist Larisa Surkova advised: when telling your child that it will be good and healthy in the kindergarten, tell them sincerely. If you paint him the delights of being in the garden with a grimace of past pain on his face, he will, of course, not believe you. Children are great at feeling fake.
Do not wind up circles under the windows of the kindergarten and do not terrorize the teacher with calls and SMS, be calm and show your baby with all your might that you completely trust this place and these people. Then the child will feel comfortable there.
During adaptation to kindergarten, even babies with strong immunity can start to get sick. In this situation, doctors rightly recommend staying at home at the first sign of a cold, even if it’s just a runny nose or a cough without fever.
It is easy to get rid of such troubles in a few days, but having gone to the children’s team, you can attach so much to them that you will have to be treated for more than one week. Mothers know: it is better to sit at home a little with a healthy child than to try to stop a cold that has already cleared up.
It should be remembered that when a child stays at home, regardless of whether he is sick or skipping classes for another reason, you should not leave him in the company of a TV and a tablet, but rather spend time together doing something useful.
The stereotype “got sick – stayed at home – watch cartoons” is fixed surprisingly easily and subsequently can spoil the nerves of parents. But you can often remind of how fun and interesting it is in the kindergarten. A positive image has never bothered anyone.