Many children attend both three and four year old preschool. If you plan on switching to a new preschool for next school year, make sure you spend some time preparing for the transition. If you allow your child to saw goodbye to their old school friends, and allow them time to adjust to their new preschool, this transition will be a lot easier.
Inform Your Child's Current Preschool They Will Not Be Coming Back
Let your child's teachers know that your child will be attending a different preschool in the fall. Ask your child's current teacher if they can provide you with information about your child's social emotional development as well as your child's academic development. Many preschools use a rubric to measure student's social and academic
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Although you are the ultimate expert on your child, your child's teacher may be able to offer insight into their learning abilities and social development in large group settings that you may not know.
Let Your Child Know They Will Be Attending A New School
If your child goes to a preschool that follows the local academic calendar, inform your child as the end of the school year approaches that they need to say good-bye to all of their friends because they will be going to a new preschool in the fall. As the end of school year celebrations approach, make sure you celebrate your child's accomplishments and discuss that they will get to go to a new preschool next fall.
If your child goes to a year-round preschool, you can count down the days that your child has left at their old preschool before they transition to their new preschool. You may want to talk to the staff and see if your child can bring in a special treat for the their class on their last day. This will give your child a chance to say goodbye to all their
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Starting primary school is a predictable, intellectual transition, which can be emotionally upsetting for some children. They may experience anxiety and stress when they first attend the new setting or meet a new teacher. There are a lot of changes involved – it will often be their first experience of being separated from their parents for any length of time; their routine changes with the hours at school and the longer periods of concentration required; they need to make new friends, undertake new
If you need to make the switch due to moving to a new home, you should explain the situation to your child so that they know staying at the same daycare won’t be possible. They should have plenty of time to say their goodbyes to friends and teachers at their old daycare. It even helps if you want to have a small goodbye party so that it feels like a happy occasion that they are moving to a new daycare.
Don’t be over-protective of your child, prepare them to be independent. Believe in your child’s ability to adapt to his new school
Dropping your child off at preschool is a big step, for both kids and parents, alike. A child who once may have spent every waking moment with a parent, is now not only away from you, but with people she may not necessarily know. As you can imagine, this may cause a bit of anxiety and stress for your little
By taking children to visit a new school before they start, it will give them a better awareness of the environment that they will be studying in. It may also give them the opportunity to meet other children at the school and make some friends during the visit.
Our son was just starting second grade and our daughter was 4 years old. It was the end of October and we were moving from hot and humid southern swamplands to the arid and freezing northern tundra in Minot, ND. Things that I have learned through reading and from other military spouses are to make your moves fun for the kids and get the best of it! Think like you are getting a free vacation. That was exactly what we tried to do. We planned our moving trip as a vacation and in a way we could stop at the Mall of America, have fun and take the mind off of worries and possible anxiety during the transition. It
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