Making School Familiar
It is that time of the year again – when children go back to school. For some it is coming back. It is a familiar experience. Something that they look forward to. For others, it is a totally new experience. There is the element of fear as well as anticipation. For the parents, the supporting role has never been more important. This is especially true for those parents who have kids who are going to school for the first time.
I still remember my first day in primary school. My mother worked as a teacher in the same school I went to. Still, it took two teacher helpers and the teacher herself to pry me away from my mother’s arms. And I was bawling like a baby.
How can we help our kids when they first go to school? The best thing to do would be to make school familiar to them. They are going away to a strange environment and will be out of their comfort zone. Even before they actually have to go to school, there are some things that we can do to help them.
One thing that you can do is to pass by the school often and point it out to your child. Tell him good stories about school and prepare him for the day that he would actually have to go there. Build it up and encourage him. More so, tell him about your own positive experiences in school. Tell him how exciting it is and how he is going to learn a lot of things and make new friends. Try it – it has worked for me.
But how about you, how do you think you can prepare your child for school?
August 29th, 2008 at 8:56 am
We followed the same strategy, however, we were surprised to find that our now 5-year old was so much more comfortable with the idea of going in to kindergarten than we were him going. Also, we were concentrating so much on the comforting and explaining about the new schedule and new school that we didn’t realize how much it was going to be affecting our 3 1/2 year old (his little brother). Our 5-year old made such a smooth transition…he was aching to go. His little brother is having some adjustment issues with the idea of his brother not going with him.
Quite an eye opener.
August 29th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
Oh yeah, I didn’t even really think about a case like this. Thanks for the “reminder.”
October 3rd, 2009 at 1:59 am
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