When there is any major change in our life we need a period of adaptation, to get used to, get to the idea, feel comfortable in the new situation ...
The same happens to the little ones when they start a new school year. For them it means a great change. They come from the holiday period in which schedules and rules have been more flexible to start early risers, to comply with schedules and to adapt to the rules.
The change is abysmal when it comes to young children who go to daycare or school for the first time. They only know the family environment and in most cases they have not stayed with anyone but their parents. For them it is a loss of your safe and known space.
It means expanding your small world, knowing a new place, new faces and above all, separating from your parents. All this creates great insecurity until the moment it returns to control and recognize its new environment.
Hence the great importance of the adaptation period. It's not about complicating parents' lives with split class schedules, but about helping children make the trance more bearable.
It is usually the period of the year that the whole family has worse. Crying is inevitable when leaving children the first few days and the feeling of guilt that floods parents. We are easy days for one or the other, but parents should do everything possible to understand and contain them until they can adapt.
It is important to take the child every day because not attending regularly could make the adaptation period more difficult.
We must demonstrate confidence and confidence, create positive attitudes and avoid negative phrases.
Communication with teachers is also essential to facilitate the adaptation period. Any information that helps you get to know the child better will be welcome.
The child must be allowed to express his feelings, allowed to cry, to be angry, and not constantly overwhelmed by questioning him about school. For each child the process is different. Some adapt quickly while others cost weeks. Leave him the space and time that he needs, little by little the child will begin to tell his day to day and his experiences.
When can we assume that it is adapted? When he is able to exchange experiences, when he accepts and offers emotional communication, when he feels comfortable with his classmates and his educator, and when he feels safe to express his emotional world.
