Raising Toddler

 Episode 1:

Making School Less Scary For Your Kids…

The biggest challenge for most coolers and kindergartens is the thought of being separated from the things that are familiar, particularly their parents. Learn how to make the whole thing smoother and easier with the following ideas. 

Make the Transition Smooth

If it seems that your child is afraid to enter the school, he/she is probably thinking about being separated from you. You can handle it by taking the child to the school for a visit and doing it a couple of times before the start of the school year. Organize a tour, participate in some school events, and let theaboutof of not having enough time to get there. Does he feel scared of toilets as they flush fast? Is there a scary experience wherein his classmate crawls beneath the stand door? Open up his fears, and then determine and discuss some techniques he can use to deal with them. You can also ask your teacher the time when the restroom is most quiet, and let her tell your kid to go during those times.

When making your visit, you can recommend visual cues, which could aid your child in navigating the school by himself alone. Let him go around, including the bathroom area, and then show him the school’s floors. A lot of buildings contain varied tiles or carpeting on every corridor or level. 

Discuss with the teacher something about the rooms which your child needs to get into during school days. After which, you can organize a map or make a shoe-box model to aid her in knowing more about the surrounding area.

The teacher is another factor that concerns many children entering the school. So, you should work on this too. As the first day of school approaches, many young students visualize a “child-crunching” monster who sits behind the desk of the teacher, particular when older siblings teased them with such exaggerated stories. Before the school year starts, you may introduce your child to the teacher, and let him think of your relatives or any family friends who are also teachers.