Every year, after Chinese New Year, it is a month of curiosity mixed with anxiety for parents of kindergarteners, as their school-age children come to the end of their vacation and move on to a new group life. From home to kindergarten, your child’s living environment has changed dramatically. So some children may not be used to the new environment. How to let children adapt to kindergarten life as soon as possible, and how to let parents adapt to this change of children to kindergarten?
I. What happens to children in general
1. Refusal to go to kindergarten
In the first week or two of kindergarten, children may be resistant to kindergarten and may not feel well enough to go to kindergarten, so parents should closely observe their children’s physical and emotional changes, but in general, they should not easily give their children leave, and they should show their firm attitude of asking them to go to kindergarten. Parents should tell their children about the benefits of going to kindergarten and tell them that “their children have grown up and it is time for them to go to kindergarten, just like their mothers have to go to work, which is a task”. Never say “if you don’t listen to me, I’ll send you to kindergarten and put you in full daycare. When you pick up your child as early as possible, give him a hug and a kiss after picking him up, the skin-to-skin kiss will give him a sense of comfort and make him feel that his mother doesn’t want him anymore, and that she still likes him very much.
2.Crying
To avoid increasing the chances of stimulating the child, parents can leave after dropping off the child, trusting that the teacher will use appropriate methods to divert the child’s attention and make him/her devote to the life of the kindergarten. At the same time, you can tell the teacher some of your child’s living habits in advance and prepare essential clothes for your child, but do not interfere too much with your child’s life in kindergarten.
3.Waking up in fear
Newly enrolled children may wake up in their dreams, mainly because they are physically and psychologically uncomfortable in a new environment. Parents should try to give their children psychological comfort, make them feel safe, guide them to discover the fun of kindergarten, help them get close to the teachers and children in the class, and have a sense of trust in the teachers. Generally speaking, this phenomenon will disappear slowly as children become familiar with their new environment.
4.Sickness
Generally speaking, when children first enter kindergarten, they will have a lower immune system due to their new contact with group life, psychological discomfort and emotional instability, and some of them will lose weight and become sick to varying degrees after a month or so. As long as it is not very serious, it is a normal phenomenon. Home and garden communication, strengthen the care and children’s psychological adjustment, will pass the difficult time.
5.Mood swings
When some children return home from kindergarten, they become fidgety and moody, and parents think that their children have suffered a great deal in kindergarten, so they don’t know what to do about it. In fact, children in kindergarten, facing unfamiliar teachers, accepting some rules in kindergarten, certainly not as free as at home, feeling restricted and restrained, home is the warmest and most comfortable harbor for children, home to release is good, much better than holding in the heart, parents should not be nervous about this, but if irritable, crying and fussing beyond the ordinary, parents should take the initiative to communicate with the teacher, to the teacher Ask the teacher about the child’s situation and see if there are any special circumstances, so that the teacher can help encourage and persuade education.
Kindergarten education is important, but education in the home environment is also essential, and the interface between children in kindergarten is, in the end, a matter of interface between home and school.
(1) Create conditions to help children understand kindergarten and aspire to it.
(2) Cultivate children’s basic self-care skills.
(3) Encourage your child to go out and socialize.
(4) Cultivate good hygiene and living habits.
(5) Preparation of materials.
Parents should choose some suitable clothes for their children, which are easy to put on and take off and do not hinder activities; the size of the shoes should be appropriate, try to choose soft soles, heel, lightweight shoes, suitable for running and jumping activities. For younger babies, parents can prepare more sets of clothes and pants for them, so that they can be replaced when they pee, vomit or sweat. At the same time, parents should be attentive parents and not let their children bring snacks to kindergarten, eating snacks will affect their children’s appetite. You should check your child’s clothes to see if there are small sticks, nails, glass balls and other things in the pockets, as well as pins that are loose in the pants to avoid danger.
Second, parents should pay attention to
In order to let children adapt to kindergarten life as soon as possible, shorten the adaptation period, parents do a good job in the preparation work before admission, for the baby after admission, parents should also pay attention to.
1, new students should be picked up early when they enter kindergarten.
2, the child into the garden, parents must leave.
3, meet new friends: parents can use the time to enter and leave the park, get to know one or several children in the class, after introducing each other, encourage children together, hold hands. Have a little fun. In addition, the teacher is also the child’s new friend, parents can use the time to leave the park and talk to the teacher, the teacher will praise your child in time to enhance the child’s confidence in kindergarten.
4.Keep track of your child’s performance in the garden and communicate with the teacher in time.
After your child goes to kindergarten, parents should also pay attention to the following matters
1.Don’t ask your child too many questions
When your baby is away from home for a whole day, parents will definitely have worries, and these worries will directly translate into asking questions like your child. It is common to see a large group of people around the child asking: how was the day at kindergarten, did you make new friends, were you bullied, etc. This will not only cause the child to feel bored, but will also infect the child with the family’s nervousness and perversity, making the child resist going to kindergarten.
2.Don’t overindulge your child
When going to kindergarten for the first time, it is inevitable that the child will be uncomfortable and unpleasant, so it is easy for the child to throw a tantrum or appear to be “cheating” at this stage. At this time, parents should not be overly compliant indulge the child, you can take the child out for a walk, or play fun games together, so as to divert the child’s attention.
3.Don’t buy a lot of drinks or sweets for your child
Some parents worry that their children do not drink enough water or eat enough in kindergarten, so they buy sweet drinks for their children after school and give them a lot of snacks. Long-term, this will make children do not like to drink plain water, and no longer eat dinner properly, affecting the health of children.
4, do not just listen to the child’s one-sided words
This stage of the child, often confuse imagination and reality. When parents ask their children questions, they may get an answer that doesn’t match the facts. A minor disagreement between two children may be described by the child as “XX child hit me today”. In addition, the child may use the end of the question as the answer, such as when the parent asks the child, “Did you have anyone to play with today?” The child may answer, “No one played.” In these cases, it is recommended that parents should communicate with the teacher to understand the actual situation of the child in kindergarten to avoid misunderstandings.