Today, the ideal age for a child to start pre-school education is; It is accepted as between 24-36 months, taking into account individual differences and family conditions. With pre-school education, the child receives the necessary emotional, social, physical and cognitive stimuli for his healthy development. We can consider pre-school education as the first step in children's socialization. After the process of getting used to school and the school routine; A visible improvement begins in the issues of boundary problems, sleeping and eating patterns, which are issues that parents have a lot of difficulty with.
In order for the school preparation process to proceed healthily; The most critical point of this process is for parents to be confident in their decision to start their children in school. Every child; When asked for his opinion, he wants to stay with his parents. An essential issue such as going to school should not be left to the child's immediate wishes. Your child; Knowing that he will be withdrawn from school when he does not want to and being offered another option outside of school in times of crisis will make the adaptation process and adaptation to school difficult.
Children of parents who are determined to start their children in pre-school education; It adapts more easily than the children of indecisive parents.
Children are quite successful in adapting to new situations. Children, like us adults, can feel anxious when they encounter something they have not known before. Since preschool children will usually be separated from their parents for this long for the first time, they may give various crisis reactions during the adaptation process (this period varies between 3-6 weeks, depending on individual differences). These reactions may include not wanting to come to school, refusing to eat, increasing clinging to the mother, waking up crying at night, and aggressive behavior.
During the adaptation period, if possible, major changes that will cause an extra crisis in the child's life should not be made and should be postponed. .
Unless he has a serious illness, he should continue school during the adaptation period. It is important not to coincide with the adjustment period for moving, vacation, or out-of-town trips. Let there be only one change in the child's life during the process of getting used to school. we want. And that means starting school...
Before starting school, talk to your child about “What is school?” Who is a teacher? “What can he do there, what can he play with?” You should answer his questions, accept his concerns and fears, if any, and comfort him emotionally. For example; “You know, when I was little, my mother took me somewhere to play and then went to work. I was very afraid that my mother would never come. But my mother came and took me after playing, eating and playing with toys.” You can make explanations. My explanation is a bit long, but I wrote it this way to give you the general framework.
School games that you play with your children can also be used as a method to reduce anxiety. If your child does not want to play this game, it would be better to wait until he/she is ready.
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