Every parent who is going to send his baby to a pre-school, worries about the adaptation of the child in the kindergarten was easy and supportive. The first trip to the kindergarten, familiarity with the new situation and peers leave a lot of impressions to the baby, so parents should create the necessary conditions for the child's adaptation to the kindergarten.
Adaptation period in kindergarten for each child is different. Some babies only need a few days to get used to the new environment, others need weeks and even months. In order for the child's adaptation in the kindergarten to not cause him any harm, parents should pay attention to the manner of behavior, skills and daily routine at home:
- The sleep time of the child at home should roughly coincide with the time of a quiet hour in the kindergarten;
- the child must be able to behave at the table and eat on his own - use a spoon, fork, cup and other utensils;
- the kid must be able to fall asleep independently, without the presence of adults;
- a crumb should be able to wash herself by herself, ask for a potty;
- the child must be weaned from the habit of sucking a nipple;
- The kid should be able to dress independently and to distinguish, where its things, and where strangers;
- a child should have at least a minimum experience of communicating with peers and with adults who are not his relatives.
If the child does not have the above skills, then the first trip to the kindergarten can be a serious stress for him. Lack of experience of communication leads to the appearance of various fears in the baby, which can lead to the fact that the child will seek solitude and avoid other children. Therefore, before giving the child to a kindergarten, parents should regularly visit playgrounds and give the kid an opportunity to play with other children.
One of the main problems of adaptation to kindergarten is the emotional state of the baby. What impressions the child will receive on the very first day depends largely on the caregiver and the general atmosphere in the group. Therefore, parents are advised to get acquainted with the tutor and communicate with the mothers and daddies of other children who visit the same kindergarten. To adapt the kids in the kindergarten was easy, parents need to leave the child in the new environment for a few hours in the first days. The best time for the first visit to kindergarten is the time that children spend on the street or playing time indoors. Gradually, the number of hours a child spends in kindergarten should be increased. Since the time of adaptation in the kindergarten for each child individually, do not rush and try to leave the baby early the whole day.
Adaptation of the child in the kindergarten is faster when the baby is initially surrounded by familiar things in the new
situation. To do this, parents are encouraged to allow the child to bring their favorite toys to the kindergarten.
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for a child to develop maladaptation. The main signs of poor adaptation of the child to kindergarten are: irritability, reluctance to go to kindergarten, poor appetite, sleep disturbance. In this case, parents need to solve the problem together with the tutor. First of all, you should make sure that you have a good attitude towards the child in the kindergarten. At home with the baby it is necessary to spend more time, to communicate with it and to speak about the kindergarten extremely positively. If you do not start solving the problem of poor adaptation of a child in a kindergarten in time, various disorders can start in your body due to stress - nausea, hysteria, fever.