Parent's corner

How to prepare a child for kindergarten?

Adaptation is facilitated by:

• Talking about the advantages of kindergarten – new friends, a lot of new toys, a teacher who likes children, knows interesting games, rhymes and songs
• Explaining to the child why he or she will go to kindergarten (e.g. parents go to work and the child has his own job, i.e. kindergarten)
• Reading stories whose characters go to kindergarten
• Talking about kindergarten with other children who like their kindergarten
• Different daily schedule at home and in kindergarten

Adaptation is hindered by:

• Remorse, anxiety of parents, fear for the child
• Ignorance and lack of trust in the facility, staff
• Lack of social experience of the child in contacts with other peers and adults
• Helping the child in activities related to self-care, overprotection
• Scaring people with kindergarten, ladies in kindergarten
• Leaving the child immediately for the whole day, until the kindergarten closes
• Lack of time for the child, rush, nervousness
• Lack of understanding that starting a new stage in a child's life can be very difficult for them and associated with great stress that is relieved in various ways
• Cheating on the child about the moment of picking up the child from kindergarten