Settling in MM
If your child has just started nursery or primary school and you’re finding that they’re struggling to deal with the ‘newness’ of the whole experience, here are MM’s suggestions on how to help them cope!
Settling in to school
1. Baby talk: Make sure that your child leaves all of their baby habits at home! Teach them to be assertive and to ask for help as it’s vital for kids to be able to tell the teacher when they need something. Encourage them to speak up if they don’t understand something.
2. Timetabling: Get to know your child’s daily routine at school or nursery. Ask the teacher for the daily timetable so that you can prepare your child for the day. This will also enable you to ask more specific questions about what happened during the day.
3. Bags of fun: Check your child’s school bag to make sure that you get any notes that have been sent home from the teacher. Kids – particularly younger ones – can often forget to pass things on, so by checking yourself, you can make sure you’re up to date!
4. Reading time: The benefits of reading with your child have been proven time and again over the years. By reading to your child outside of school hours, you can help
them to develop their listening and eventually reading skills.
5. Take an interest:We all know how busy life is for mums today but, no matter how busy you are, show your child that you care by taking an interest in what they’re doing – and, more importantly, what they’re learning.
Teach them to be assertive and to ask for help as it’s vital for
kids to be able to tell the teacher when they need something
6. Breakfast buzz: Get your child’s day off to a great start by making sure they have a proper breakfast before they leave the house. Research has shown that kids, who don’t eat breakfast, don’t focus as well at school as those who do.
7. Parents’ evenings: Always make sure that you attend your child’s parents’ evenings at school. Even if you have older kids and have been through the same
process with them, it’s vitally important that you talk to your child’s teacher so that they don’t feel hurt or feel that you don’t care.
8. Plenty of zzzzzzz:We know how difficult it can be, but try and ensure that your child gets a good night’s sleep. Try getting them into a routine with a bath and then ‘quiet time’ so that they settle down more easily.
9. Have fun at weekends: It’s really important to allow your child to have some carefree time at the weekends, but you can still encourage them to learn by visiting museums or other places of interest. In this way you can help them to find subjects that are of particular interest to them.
10. Mum’s the word: Make friends with the other children’s mums at nursery or school. This allows you to hear about what exactly is going on and will ensure that what your child is telling you about their day is the reality! This can help you to pre-empt or resolve any potential issues.
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