Common Transitions In A Nursery

Within this piece of work, I will be focusing on the transition of a child attending a day nursery for the first time. This piece will be centred on a child under three, starting a day nursery for the first time and attending the nursery all day. This will be based on a child whose parents work full time. Therefore, they will be having breakfast and tea at the setting. Day nurseries are becoming increasingly popular as many parents are needing to return back to work. The Education Editor, Graeme Paton, wrote in The Telegraph online that the "Figures from the Department for Education show that 441,000 children under five are in day nurseries." (16 Oct 2013, DA 14.09.15)

The experiences of a child or young person when dealing with transitions will affect, positively or negatively, his development, and can have an important role in learning the skills to cope with other

Through out our lives we are confronted by changes. People, places and even our own bodies change. We are faced by ongoing periods of transition as things alter from how they were to how they are now. Transitions can positively or negatively impact on children and young people’s development depending on how they are supported and the change is managed.

When considering a child’s needs and routines in your setting, it is important that we communicate with the parents and find out a little about the home setting so we can carry it on when they come into our care, the more we talk to the parents the more we can help the child’s emotional needs and routines.

Communication is very important, not only with the child/ young person but also their parents/ careers. Parents and careers need to be kept updated with everything that happens with their child/children and information that they need to know about the nursery itself. The stronger the relationship between the practioners and the parent/ career the stronger the trust the parents/ careers have with their child/ children in your care.

When child go through transitions they need people they have built up positive relationships with to help support them through the changes in their lives. We use circle time to explain to the children what is going to happen and they can talk about their feelings children will make a better transition if they know what is going on. We take are cues from the children on how much information is given and how much an explanation is required. We allow time for the information to be processed some children might have delayed reaction and might want to talk later at a quieter time. We are always to be truthful in all our answers so we keep their trust. We listen and acknowledge how the children are feeling and we reassure the children that what they are feeling is normal and other children have been

We recognise and support parents as their child’s first and most important educators, and we welcome them into the life of the nursery. This generate confidence and we encourage parents

I have learned that the same transitions can be hard for some children to tackle while other children might not be affected too much by the transition. By undertaking research on this theme I was able to identify that some children may need an individual transition plan to follow when going through transitions while other children will follow the general plan. By knowing this in the future I will be aware that some children may need an individual transition plan and I will be able to accommodate a plan for the children who needs one. This will have an impact on the children I will be working with because I will be able to accommodate for their needs and identify children who may be more in need than others.

The transition I will be focusing on is a child at the age of 2-3 years going from home to a flying start setting. Flying start is part of the early year’s program in wales for children under the age of 4 years old. It is mainly for families living in deprived areas. Children are able to attend this setting 5 days a week for two and a half hours a day. The majority of children have not attended any previous childcare settings therefore this is the first time they will be alone without their parents or carers with them.

Settling children and young people into their day is very important and a big step. The learning opportunities available are widened when children and young people feel like they are confident, happy, motivated, included and supported. For children entering into the early years provision their development can be concluded by-

Children and young people go through many transitions in their life, from starting nursery to starting college, often children will be expected to cope with these changes, children should be prepared as best they can for these transitions by talking to them and let them ask questions about these changes, this way the transitions should be less stressful for the child or young person. You have to acknowledge that the child may have to face very particular and personal transitions which the child cannot be prepared for in advance, for example family break ups, adoption, these children can change their behaviour, experience low self esteem, become clingy so it is important to understand these children’s situations and guide them through it. Transitions can impact on a child’s development and it’s important they are supported through this helping them to prepare and overcome

If one ever wanted to become a daycare teacher or aide, this essay will be beneficial. Not every day is sunshine and rainbows. Actually, hardly any days are sunshine and rainbows. I’m going to classify the worst type of daycare kids. After reading this paper, others should understand how to handle these kids, or how to avoid them.

Nurseries are all about child centred practice which means that every decision that is made has to be thought about how it will affect each child as an individual as each child is different. Each child’s views, opinions and thoughts have to be taken into consideration as it will affect them the most as it is their education that will be disturbed. Preschool education is a way of children learning to be social and making new friends and being able to explore new senses and the outside world around them. Child A loves being at nursery and being with her friends, being able to play with whatever she wants whenever she wants. She loves exploring and discovering new things. Child A is able to count by herself on her fingers as she cannot communicate via verbal communication and it enables her to gain more knowledge and get a better understanding of how important friendship and the environment

Although our textbook discusses the issue of continuity between home and program in both aspects; pros and cons, but I feel that when looked at from a cultural point of view, this factor can be very vital in early childcare. In my opinion, in infancy and through toddler years children need to be in more familiar environments especially if they come from a culture that is minority. When children see adults who are from the same culture, speak the same language and have values that are similar to what they have seen at home, they feel at home and above all they stay connected with their language and culture. This similarity can also create a very positive experience for the young children who see role models in the adults in the childcare centers

Adults and infants/toddlers are very similar in the respect that we obtain great satisfaction and are tranquil to familiar people, places and environments, as we can slightly know what to expect. In terms of new situations, environments and people we become unsure, no sense of belonging maybe even anxious. In regards to children transition into childcare care, or from one room to another within the centre, there is always an element of unfamiliarity yet curiosity. This literature review will 4 include research studies ranging from 2004 to 2014 from an international lenses in different demographics’: Austria, America and Germany. These four articles examined in this review share common themes and main findings.