Leave your? Baby? at school may not be the easiest task of your life. After several years of having him around most of the time, it's time to let him face the outside world. However difficult as it may be for you, be assured that for the child this experience is even more frightening. To better prepare your children for this moment, educator Claudia Roberta Werneck gives valuable tips.
1 ? Talk to the child
For Claudia, talking to the child about what is coming is crucial, because the transition from the home environment to an environment in which she will live with other children, with another kind of education and with a different person taking care of her can create a rejection if not worked well. Conversation prior to the first day of school avoids possible trauma in this sense. Is it worth mentioning the fun activities that will be experienced at school, the little friends, in short, everything that might encourage the child to want to participate in it ?.
2 ? Meet the teacher
“You need to meet the future teacher first, and talk to her to see if you really are a trusted person and if there is empathy between you. Is this important because the confidence you have? or not ? This professional will be automatically passed on to the child, who will only feel safe if they feel that you are safe ?, explains the pedagogue.
3? Meet the school
The environment in which you intend to leave your child should be carefully evaluated before enrollment. • The school should be an environment that represents an extension of the child's home. She has to feel comfortable as she feels in the family environment, ”says Claudia,“ it is also important to remember that one should know the school as a whole; not only the pedagogical and didactic question, but also the physical structure part. You need to evaluate if that environment is intended for children of your child's age. In a good school, everything has to be adapted to the age of the child?
4? Teach some things at home before your child starts attending classes.
The stimulus prior to the school phase is what will allow the child's development in school. A child who does not have this stimulus before may have difficulty following the rest of the class ?, says Claudia. For her, the ideal is that the child knows, in advance, a few letters, numbers, colors, for example, but the main thing is to encourage her to live with books, paper and pencil. Does she need to have this first contact so that these things don't seem strange to her when she starts attending classes?
5? Count on the older brothers
“Older siblings will be the child's first reference from a study routine. She will look at how they handle homework and school routine itself, and really will the siblings become their example, since mom and dad can't usually be around at homework ?, says Claudia.
6? Make school shopping an eagerly awaited event
Claudia explains that it is important to allow the child to participate in the purchase of school supplies and uniforms, for example. This is what will cheer up the child, it is the stimulus she needs to get excited about the experience. Getting her to participate in it gives importance to what she is going to start. Help her choose the notebook she likes best, show her how beautiful the uniform is, make her delight with the pens, the modeling clay, the pencils and the colored inks, and explain that she will use all of these in her activities with the teacher. and the classmates. These purchases will be, for her, a big party, and will allow her to come to school eager to develop these activities ?, concludes the educator.
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