When a child starts to go to kindergarten, the whole world turns upside down for him. This is a difficult time for your little one, and he needs help and support. By our actions, we can either help him painlessly adapt to new conditions, or aggravate the situation. What should be done so that he goes to kindergarten with pleasure, and not in tears?
A child who has gone to kindergarten in the early days may feel as if he is thrown in the middle of a huge market square in a crowd of people. After all, strangers in kindergarten for him are not much different from passers-by from the street. How to help the baby to adapt safely to kindergarten?
1. Reassure your baby that you love him. The child's greatest fear, inherent in the instinct of self-preservation, is to be abandoned. The greater this fear, the stronger the tantrums. Unfortunately, not all people are generous with warm feelings. Many of us received less affection in childhood. Others may be reserved and not very loving. Then it's time to step over these obstacles and start assuring the baby of love. Hug, kiss, and praise. The more you practice this, the happier you and your baby will be.
2. Maintain a positive emotional background at home. Clashes and curses between relatives, nagging about any trifles to the child himself will only aggravate his addiction to the kindergarten. Let him not hear your proceedings and quarrels. A glass of water spilled by a child or uncleaned toys are not at all a reason to arrange a thrashing. Be patient, calm, and kind. Allow your child to get used to change and not waste energy on outsiders.
3. Allow the child to take his favorite toy to the kindergarten - a doll, a toy car, a teddy bear. Thanks to this piece from home, he will feel much more comfortable among other people's walls.
4. Come up with some kind of fun after kindergarten. Let it be a trip to the store for a chocolate bar, a walk to your favorite playground, a trip to visit your grandmother, just a joint game of something. Why is this needed? Such an assurance will be a guarantee for the baby that he will be taken away from the group, that he will not be forgotten.
“Mom said that we will go for a chocolate bar. Well, of course, she will take me away,”- so the baby can think and resigns himself to his stay in the kindergarten.
5. Help your baby to feel good about the caregiver and nanny. Children become attached and get used not to a place, but to a person. Teach him to address the teacher by name. This will bring their contact closer.
For example, if the teacher's name is Valentina Nikolaevna, it is permissible for children to call her Valya. If the child knows that the kind and smiling Valya, who wants to play with him, is waiting for him behind other people's walls, he will go to this garden with great enthusiasm.
Thanks to your correct actions, the baby will get used to the changes in life much faster. Help him to attend kindergarten with pleasure and develop successfully in it.
