Simple strategies to ensure an easy transition for your toddler to a Parramatta preschool & long day care centre.
Sending your toddler to a pre-school or day care centre can be quite a task for parents. It is never easy for both the child and the parents to cope with the initial transition. The first few weeks of a pre-school can be stressful for both children and parents. Therefore, it is essential for parents and the child to be well prepared for the first day, in order to make their Parramatta preschool & long day care centre experience fun and exciting and ensure that your child looks forward to each day.
You need to start talking to your toddlers about the pre-school at least a month prior to joining to prepare them for it mentally. Speak positive about the pre-schooling and day care centre to make it sound fun, exciting and something to look forward to for the kids. Read stories schools to introduce some positive discussions about schools to easily tackle the topic. Joining pre-school Parramatta involves socialising with new peer group, making new friends, adjusting to a completely new environment, and all of this together can be quite overwhelming for the little one. But making this experience a little familiar for the kids like making them wear a new uniform, take them a few times to the school can help develop your child’s confidence and ability to cope.
On the first few days of their pre-school you can help your child settle by ensuring they are well rested and well fed before arriving. Not just that, you should even ensure the child’s sleeping pattern is changed according to the school timings and habituated to it at least a month in advance to avoid any discomfort. Even we as adults are never at our best when we sleepy, tired and hungry. So, the same goes with young children.
Speaking about the hardest part of sending your child to school is, saying a goodbye to them. Needless to say, this should be done right or else your child may just have a negative impression about school. Do not sneak out when your child is engaged in an activity or playing with a friend, this will probably brake their trust and make them clingy the next time. Always say a goodbye before leaving and make it a quick one. Also whisper to them that you will see them soon after the class is over. Teach your child to trust the paramatta childcare centre and their staff. Building trust is essential for a child’s smooth preschool life.
Most Parramatta pre-school & long day care centres, in the first week allow parents to stay with the child and another caregiver to free the child from any sort of anxiety. This helps developing a sense of trust in teachers and make the child familiar with the routine so that they can predict the everyday school schedule. This makes it much easier for the child to cope when you leave them with teacher as they would now be familiar with the teacher and the routine. If your child is relaxed, happy and confident about pre-school then they are sure to reach their full potential, academically, socially and emotionally for years to come.