![]() ![]() Knowing a classmate can minimize first day jitters, so if possible, help your child meet a peer before school starts. Many schools also now have websites that give online tours that show the school layout. A few days before the big sendoff, take your child for a school tour to help find key places like the classroom, playground, school office, and water fountain. ![]() Here are other ways to help your child feel more secure about starting school: You can also tuck a small square of their security blanket into their backpack or jacket to offer reassurance.īoosting your child’s comfort with school helps reduce jitters, but don’t overhype the new situation with comments like “What a gorgeous class!” or “You’re going to be soooooo happy here!” These types of comments do not ease jitters-in fact, they can cause more anxiety by building up false expectations that don’t pan out. Give your child a special memento like a pebble or a keychain with your photo to keep, and explain that whenever it’s touched, it means you’re thinking about them. Mommy will come back,” when they’re feeling anxious. For instance, have your child practice saying, “Go away, worry, leave me alone. Help your child feel in charge of the worry by teaching a self-reassurance phrase. Research shows that when kids feel they have some control over their situation and can talk back to the fear, their anxiety decreases. Then tell them you’ll be using that same goodbye at every drop-off. Practice a special, private goodbye just between the two of you-like a secret handshake or special kiss-to help your child start to pull away. It was a comfort knows that I was not alone anymore. She was standing with a large group of familiar faces that I had recognized from preschool suddenly I started to feel better as they approached me and began to welcome me. After feeling like I had been wondering for hours, finally I heard someone calling my name. I don’t want to get run over by older children, as I walked my eyes scanned around the hall way ,trying to find someone I know It seemed impossible. I would soon realize that everything would be ok. I knew the best thing to do was to take a deep breathe. I felt like a stray dog lost in the middle of a big city all I wanted was to go home again. Most of them were running around, zooming past me like racing cars on a race track, narrowly missing me by tiny fractures. Then the door closed behind me and all of the sudden I was stricken with fear again there were so many children around me. ![]() Then I noticed some children here were at the same preschool then I was so that’s when I became dutiful exceeded. Then when I looked the other direction to the left of the class room that’s when I notice a big table with lots of crayons and there were many colors to choose from and along with the crayons can paper and other fun things to do. I observed seeing one of the children started to cry, and turned red in her face, yelling and pounded on her mother’s legs, which made me feel even worse of course and more scared. She slowly walked away, turning back a few times to check if I started to mingle with the other children as I stood still and looked around the room I said to myself I see no children playing.Īll I did see is the children trying to keep their parents from leaving them. I was so confused, wondering why she left me here at school. That’s when she gave me peak in the cheek I looked at her with my glassy eyes ready to cry. That’s when my mother looked at me and said I will be back at the end of the day don’t worry everyone is very nice here. The big lady seemed to think that she was in control. Boy I said to myself she is going to leave me with twenty little strangers and one big lady. That’s when my mother failed to mention that she was going to leave me as well. My mother answered me and said that they left their children here to play. ![]() I turned to my mother and asked her why the kid’s parents are leaving. Now I am standing with my mother just like the rest of the kids, I saw parents leaving their kids behind. I can vividly remember how I felt when I got inside my stomach was is knots. ![]()
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