PARENTING
PARENTING
Preparing Your Child For Kindergarten
Does your child need to be prepared to start pre-school ? Most parents nowadays seem to overlook this simple task of preparing their child for kindergarten . Actually most parents find it easier to prepare themselves in terms of staring to pay school fees and in terms of who will drop and pick the child from school . In this article , we are going to evaluate the benefits of preparing children for kindergarten and also how to go about preparing them for this major transition in their lives . That will in turn answer our question of whether children really need to be prepared for pre-school .
As it has been , kindergarten is an approach to education which entail little of learning and more of involving activities which include singing , playing , drawing , social interaction and communication skills . This activities play an important role in helping children transition to elementary school and also to life in general . This is because the children build up on the skills acquired in pre-school throughout their lives . Normally , the kindergarten going age is five to seven years , however parents who are working could opt to introduce their child to kindergarten as early as the age of four years . We can therefore see that kindergarten plays another important role of familiarizing the children with the real school environment .
Preparing your child for kindergarten is an activity that is important because the on being enrolled , the child will now be exposed to an environment different from which they have been used to . This might not be as easy for your child as it may seem . The human psychology inclines us to stay in our comfort zones and that is why we do not easily adapt to change especially children . It is your work as a parent therefore to gradually prepare your child for thischange . Since it should be gradual and with your child ’ space , it should start as early as possible to avoid pressuring your child and inadequate preparation .
34 LIFE TODAY MAGAZINE Issue 1 , No . 001 / 17 / December 2016