Going to school may involve lots of new experiences for our child such as new friends, new teachers, a new classroom setting & perhaps an entire new school. The more we can familiarize our child with certain aspects, the less new it will feel & that can help ease this transition as much as possible for our child.
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Hi Sterna!
You have made the biggest impact on my parenting. Thank you for all this valuable information.
I would love to know, what questions would you suggest I ask a preschool teacher (would love to know what you would ask) especially questions like how they would deal with certain issues. I have some ideas of things I would ask, but I would love your input because you I value your opinion. For some context, my daughter is almost three, first time going to preschool in the next few weeks (half day).
Also my daughter has told me already that she doesn’t want the teacher coming into the bathroom with her and I told her I would tell the teacher (and thank you for telling me that because now I can tell the teacher) and that we will practice wiping so that the teacher wont be doing that for her. Would appreciate your advice on this (i’m happy with this and practicing with my daughter) and how to tell the teacher this. I guess seeing her response would also give me a clearer idea of what her approach is 🙂
thank you again!
Hi Rochel,
Thank you for your kind words & I hope you are proud of how far you’ve come. I want to mention that having had your daughter with you for the first 3 years of her life is invaluable & sets a foundation for a secure attachment & will be helping her navigate whatever comes her way at preschool (I want to point out for any parent reading this who has not kept their child home with them till 3yrs old that a secure attachment can also be present & I am simply highlighting how foundational the first 3 yrs of a child’s life is.). I don’t like to overwhelm the teachers with too many questions, the first thing I think is important is to build a connection with her teachers as much as possible. So if possible being friendly at drop-off & pick-up, if this is something you are planning on doing, not sure if you have someone else who will be dropping of or picking up your daughter. I like to ask them one question & usually it is this: “I know how overwhelming it can be at times to do activities & learn things with a big group of toddlers. I’m wondering how you go about situations where a child doesn’t want to participate or is being disruptive?” This is usually the one question I ask because the teacher’s response usually informs me of a lot. Does the teacher show empathy for the child? Is she focused on showing love or rebuking the child? Does she force kids to do things or does she got with their flow? From here you’ll see where the conversation leads. Let me know what you think about this. Do you feel comfortable asking this question?