How to prepare your child for nursery school?

Dear parents,

By sending your child to nursery school you are entering one of the most important periods in the life of your family. It is the first time your child is going out of an environment in which it feels safe, relaxed, trustful, and is making the first huge step in the process of becoming independent.

With the help of our professional team, we are going to try to give you some important information that will help you and your child go through the adaptation period and be as prepared as possible for the first days at our facility.

When you decide for our or any other facility, be consistent in your efforts to overcome, in a way, difficult period for you and your child. Adaptation period can last as long as one month, sometimes even longer. Your insecurity and agitation can be transmitted to your child, hence:

• Talk to the teacher, work on the process of building trust;
• be aware of the fact that every separation is difficult, but it also represents improvement in the child's development, making it feel proud of itself;
• pay attention to the benefits your child will have;
• according to need, turn to our counseling office for the family that will help you solve your problem. They offer advice, professional opinions, help from our pedagogue and psychologist in our facility.

BEFORE STARTING THE NURSERY:

    introduce the child to the nursery, group, and future teacher by paying a visit; inspect the facility, talk to the friends and take your child with you.
Then talk about the new facility answering every child's question about the nursery;

• Tell your child how his/her day will look like, who will bring him/her, who will pick him/her up from the nursery;
• Tell him/her what are they going to do in the nursery;
• Urge independent behavior in your child, as well as playing and socializing with other children, but without insisting;
• Do not threaten with nursery and do not overmagnify the importance. Say it is your child's obligation, just like your work is for you.

FIRST DAYS OF YOUR CHILD IN THE NURSERY

ACHIEVE GOALS WITHOUT USING INVASIVE METHODS!!!

If it is necessary for you to spend certain time in your child's study in our facility, that is absolutely acceptable from our point of view, because there is no need causing your child to cry endlessly and without any reason. In the end, you are the person he/she puts their complete trust into, and we are yet to become!

Child's refusing to attend nursery at the beginning is a completely normal thing. You are expected to help your child in the following ways:

• Try to bring him/her and pick him/her up;
• Do not leave in a hurry and without saying goodbye, but do not hesitate neither, because every exaggerated kissing and hugging can cause even more anxiety in the child. He/she will feel something is wrong because of the way you feel.
• Be punctual when arriving.
• Be full of understanding for child's feelings and reactions;
• Spend more time with the child at home playing and doing things he/she likes.
• Find out about the nursery through playing instead of insisting he/she talks about it; maybe they do not want to;
• Show your child you accept it, although he/she does not accept the nursery;
• Give him/her enough time to overcome his/her pain.