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Kindergarten at 2 years old, do we register Baby?
Beneficial for some, far too early for others… At 2 years old, we are still a baby! So, inevitably, entry to school – even if it is only kindergarten! – is not always viewed favorably. Explanations …
2 years old: a strategic age for children
Even if the law allows early schooling of children (a French specificity since 1989), in practice, opinions differ. At the height of his two years, Pitchoun is in the midst of an acquisition phase (language, cleanliness, walking…). To cross this important stage of development, he needs a privileged contact with an adult, a “dual” relationship that goes help him find his bearings to build itself.
However, as explained Beatrice Di Mascio, pediatrician, “The school is not individual enough to follow the two-year-olds as they should be. They have a different biological rhythm from their elders, even if they are only one year apart! Most children this age still have need lots of sleep and calm, not always easy to find in the midst of restless little friends. And then, at school, children have to comply with a certain number of rules that can be experienced as real constraints: get up early every morning, do what is asked of them, wait for someone to take care of them. of them… ”
For Dr. Di Mascio, “if the child is in school when he is not ready, he may be lost, isolated or even regressed.” One of the solutions would be to promote childcare facilities adapted to children aged 2-3., intermediate structures between the nursery and the nursery school… ”
The bridge classes, the solution?
Gateway classes aim to facilitate the integration of young children into school, respecting their rhythm and helping them to gradually separate from their parents. How? ‘Or’ What ? By making the link between the nursery and kindergarten!
When the nursery educators feel that the little ones are ready, they bring them a few hours in a bridging class to meet a teacher and kindergarten students. A gentle initial contact to introduce Pitchoun to the school world… which he can integrate when he is ready!
Currently, there are very few bridging classes in France, a project that is often still “experimental”. For more information, do not hesitate to inquire with your academy or directly to the nursery school near you …
It must be recognized, faced with the lack of reception structures or childcare, more and more parents are tempted to put their pup in school, or at least wonder … Some see it as an ideal and inexpensive childcare arrangement. Others believe that the earlier their little one starts kindergarten, the more likely they will “win” a year or be among the top of the class! But here too, be careful, opinions are divided. Claire Brisset, the children’s advocate, noted in her 2004 annual report that “the gain in terms of academic success is tiny”. A year earlier, she even recommended “to stop developing the reception of children aged two to three years in kindergarten under current conditions. “