Adaptation
Sometimes it's difficult, and sometimes sensitivity overwhelms curiosity. However, to ease the transition from mom and dad to preschool, we have a very structured transition system . It's designed to serve children, so parents need to act like preschoolers.
We like it when children like their kindergarten.
Our perfectly planned adaptation is always reviewed with parents . Every child is different. However, the beginning remains the same; we always begin with an hour of the child's morning stay with the parent in our classroom.
Procedure of
adaptation
[perfect!]
Day 1
the parent enters the room with the child at the appointed time, the parent's stay in the group lasts for up to 1 hour, after that time we go home :)
Day 2
Parents and children arrive at the designated time. Parents are allowed to leave the room to use the restroom twice. They must return when the child indicates a need. It is also important to tell the child, for example, "I'm going to the restroom, I'll be back shortly."
Day 3
The parent and child enter the classroom at the designated time. After 15 minutes of playing together/after a meal/after activities, the parent goes home "to get a book" or "to get slippers for themselves" or "to the store to buy lunch." Please inform your child when you will return, and the preschool schedule is determined by meal times. The suggested time to pick up your child is after soup.
Day 4.5
we say goodbye to the child in the cloakroom, the child goes in alone for breakfast and stays for soup
* We suggest that for the first two weeks the child should be left alone until soup is eaten. If this is not possible, please pick up the child no later than after the second course (we finish eating at 3 p.m.)
In the first
days
• At preschool, we don't force our children to eat or sleep.
• Please pick them up early (maximum 2/3 p.m., not 5 p.m.)
• We don't ask questions like:
"Do you like preschool?"
"Is the teacher/friend nice?" –
"because if we get a negative answer (and during the stress of adjustment, that's not hard to come by), we have to be consistent, because we also teach children consistency – it's very important;
• Wet accidents happen, so it's important to have a spare set of emergency clothes in the locker room;
• The parent enters the room with the child, adopting the attitude of a preschooler – putting on slippers, listening to the teacher's instructions, and doing everything the group does. This is very important in the adaptation process, because when the child sees a participating parent, they are more willing to participate, and the entire process is more effective.