(Adaptation-adaptation for parents and children)
The age of starting kindergarten varies between the ages of 2-5. While the child's primary home is with his or her parents, going to another nursery, nursery or kindergarten may sometimes be a fear of separation or abandonment of the child in the parents, while sometimes it may cause a loss of adaptation in the child due to situations such as fear of abandonment and performance anxiety. In this case, the priority is for the parents to feel ready. After the parent is ready for this separation, he should prepare his child for the kindergarten process. You can answer our questions such as why should I send our child to kindergarten, what will be the benefit for my child, would it not be more comfortable at home, by understanding the importance of kindergarten?
Why is kindergarten important for children?
Kindergarten contributes to children's cognitive, physical, emotional and social development. Just as parents try to work and earn money to meet their basic needs, children learn, get to know themselves, and realize their skills through play. Play is the most important thing a child does.
Kindergarten is actually the first step the child takes towards becoming an individual:
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The child plays with his parents at home. When playing, one either manages or is managed. In kindergarten, there is unity and partnership with peers.
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There is no sense of sharing at home, all toys, paints and papers belong to the child. All equipment is shared in kindergarten. The perception of self is replaced by the perception of we, our. This is the first step in gaining a place in society.
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At home, the child is usually the winner, there is no losing. He also witnesses his friends win at school. He learns to lose.
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When the child is not able to do an activity at home or paint the picture, only the parent next to him or his grandfather or grandmother witnesses him showing it, that is, the child's observation ability is far from his peers. In kindergarten, he encounters a different world of imagination, and these are his peers!
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When dancing at home, the child dances in the middle and those around him only clap his hands, the child has no environment to compare himself with others. They enjoy dancing together in kindergarten.
If you have prepared yourself, it is time to prepare your child!
Children's Adaptation to Kindergarten:
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Every child reacts differently at the beginning of kindergarten. is formed. This situation is first directly affected by the child's temperament. Parents should shape themselves according to the child's temperament.
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Parents should be determined that the child will start school.
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Before enrolling in school, the school must be determined for the child. Its importance should be explained to the child. Kindergarten is not just a place to play, as there will also be activities such as eating, sleeping, painting, etc., expectations should not be based solely on games. You should be informed in advance about when you will go to kindergarten and return, which days you will go, how you will go to school and return.
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The ritual of each school is different on the first day. Some take their parents into the classroom on the first day, make them wait outside the door on the second day, some do not let their parents into the classroom at all, while others take their parents into the classroom for a long period of time, such as a week. If we consider working mothers, it will not be possible for them to stay in the classroom for a week. For this reason, it is important for every parent to follow this process at the same time, no matter which method is used.
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When preparing your child, you can decide together what to wear and prepare his bag together, so you can both spend time together and your child's You will add a brick to the construction of the self.
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Saying goodbye by telling the child what time the meeting will take place before leaving home or by telling him the time he will be seeing him will make the child feel safe.
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What time to go and return is important. Do not try to pick up your child early, especially in the first weeks. He/she needs to get used to this order.
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The first day may be a bit hectic. If there is a problem in the classroom, you should put the responsibility on the teachers instead of intervening personally.
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If your child is having a hard time and is crying, then you need to act decisively, stay calm, and not get worried. In line with my observations, the child will want to play games while longing for family and crying. If an upright stance is displayed, after a while he will get caught up in the flow of the game he is playing and have fun.
The adaptation process of children who have just started school to kindergarten may take just 1 day or 1 month. During this adaptation process, it is important not to create any other changes in the child (such as diaper habit, room separation, giving up a pacifier, giving up the breast, stopping the bottle).
Parents of children starting kindergarten ask with great curiosity in the first weeks, "How was your day!?" He/she should ask the question and not attribute this situation to a routine and act out of curiosity and interest in the following weeks. It will be more enjoyable for the child if you and your child are told how your days were mutually every evening, and even if this dialogue is done while playing games.
It should not be forgotten that your child will never come back to this age again and, above all, for your child, where he will be happy, he will be happy. It is important for him to be with the people he is with.
I hope that the first step you take towards education life will bring you permanent peace…
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