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How to prepare your child for the first day at preschool?

The first day of the pre-school of your child is always a mixture of anxiety, sadness and excitement. As a parent, you were the first teacher of your child and will always remain throughout his life. Children learn from their surroundings, especially the environment at home.

It is also the beginning of a new journey of your toddler on which he will embark for knowledge. Your child will even start his new adventure of making new friends, playing and interacting with them, sharing, taking turns and settling into a new routine.

Here’s how you, as a parent, can help your child to prepare him for safe transition to one of the best preschools in Ahmedabad.

Talk to the child about preschool regularly:

Communication is the key to making your child comfortable in a new setting. Start talking about what children do in a pre-school? Why children go to preschool? Show him pictures of activities done in preschool? This will help the child to be excited to go to preschool.

Visit the preschool with your child before the first day:

Your little one must become familiar with the surroundings of the preschool. This will help him in getting comfortable with the environment of one of the best preschools in Ahmedabad, teachers and his class. Show your child the colourful bulletin boards of the preschool, the toys available in the preschool, the play area of the preschool. If required, take help of the class teacher and interact with the child. Break the ice with the teacher. Ensure that your child knows his teacher before he comes to preschool.

Read books about preschool:

Nowadays many books are available which can come handy to prepare your child for preschool. As a parent, you would know your child’s favourite character, pick the book of your child’s favourite cartoon going to pre-primary school and read it to him every night. This will help your child to get accustomed to preschool. In case you don’t find your child’s favourite character book in the market, you can create one by using stickers and a plain book.

Buy Pre-school uniform and stationery together:

Once you enrol your child for one of the best pre-primary school in Ahmedabad, you would get a list of things the child needs to bring to preschool daily. Shop for your child’s preschool essentials together. Name it as preschool shopping and let your child enjoy the shopping experience. Label his preschool belongings, be it his bottle, bag or school uniform.

Practise at home:

Once you have enrolled your child to a preschool, you would get plenty of time to prepare your child at home for preschool. You can encourage your child to dress or undress himself. Motivate your child to speak up for his washroom needs. Teach your child to undress, wash hands regulary.These things may sound silly but once your child is in one of the best preschools in Ahmedabad, this practice  would help your child to express himself/herself  and remain independent in preschool.

Stick charts of school routine:  It is difficult to get your little one into preschool routine at once. Hence start practisingpreschool routine beforehand. Create small preschool charts and stick in the child’s room. The child can be made aware of  things to do before going to preschool in the morning.

 

Following charts can be stuck step wise

Using colourful images you can create small charts and stick on a wall in your child’s home with a caption ‘Prepping for Pre-School’. This visual representation shall help him in adjusting to the new pre-school routine. You can start the same at home a few days early before the school. Wake the child as per school timings, and follow the chart. This will motivate the child to stick to a routine and on the D-day your child will be ready within minutes for his preschool.

Good preschools in Ahmedabad provide special counselling sessions to toddlers as well as parents to ease out separation anxiety. Not only that, they also organise special events with parents during the initial days of the preschool to help the child adjust in the new surroundings. Make your child’s preschool days memorable by enrolling him in one of the best/leading schools in Ahmedabad. The best gift as a parent you can give to your toddler is quality education with world class facilities and a safe environment to bloom.

 

How does Preschool benefit a child?

There are many questions in a parent’s mind before enrolling their little one in a preschool. First and foremost is “Does the child need a school”, sometimes the other question that pops up is why does she need a preschool? Well, the answer is that good preschools in Ahmedabad prepare young toddlers for their future academic and social success.

Let’s share some major benefits for your toddler to join a preschool.

1. Children learn to interact with strangers.

Children learn to interact with strangers.
Children in a playschool or a day-care learn to follow instructions, mingle with people other than their mothers or fathers. So they get in the habit of talking and discussing with teachers in the school. They learn to share, follow instructions and hence, a foundation is laid, which will be beneficial for the child when he or she enrols for formal education.

2. Preschool offers a balanced curriculum.

As the child becomes independent and starts to learn new things, parents are often confused about what to teach the child? Sometimes due to the influence of family and friends, it becomes difficult for the parents to create a balanced curriculum at home.

3. Preschool prepares them for admissions in good schools of Ahmedabad

The curriculum in an ideal preschool prepares children for admissions to other leading schools in Ahmedabad like Zebar School and Udgam School. However, if a parent wishes to enrol the child in an International school, then also the kind of exposure the child get he or she can easily get into any leading CBSE or IB school in Ahmedabad.

4. Personal attention in preschool.
Personal attention in preschool.
Good preschools ensure that toddlers feel cared for and secure with teachers.
An idea preschool has two teachers in each class, and each child is provided with personal attention. Activities like circle time, storytelling, reading time give the child plenty of opportunities to interact with teachers and classmates. This helps in creating a close personal rapport with each child in their class.

5. Toddlers learn Social and Emotional Skills in a preschool.

Children between the ages of 2 to 6 learn social skills and emotional self- control through experience. Hence our expert teachers and counsellors in the school continually guide young children in school to control their emotions and manage their anger. The professionally qualified counsellors create activities for “teachable moments” which help young children learn to handle frustrations or anger. Without insulting the child, they make them realize the impact of their good or bad behaviour on their friends.

6. Structured Environment in a Preschool helps children to adjust to Big Schools.

Pre-schoolers learn discipline, orderliness and are more confident if they are raised in a structured environment. Similarly, if a toddler attends an ideal preschool having a structured environment wherein there is appropriate guidance provided to them at every step helps them bloom in big schools.

7. Children learn about real-life situations in a Preschool.

An ideal preschool usually teaches children to learn to take care of themselves and others through the planned activities in the school. Events like ‘No-flame Cooking Sessions’ engage them in ‘real work’ and they learn to appreciate food and the work done by others. Similarly, the food cooked by them is offered to the Vice-Principal and heads of the school. This small gesture makes them understand basic Indian Traditional values like ‘Sharing and Respecting Elders’.

8. Preschool teaches toddlers to be independent and socially responsible.

In preschool, children are taught about basic hygiene, cleanliness and social responsibility as a future citizen of this country. ‘Clean-Up time’ is an everyday activity in which children clean the classrooms and put their toys in place after playing in school. Such activities make them responsible for the cleanliness and things around them. They learn how to keep their surroundings at home or in public places clean.

9. Children develop language skills in preschool

During the toddler years, a child’s vocabulary proliferates. The child can speak small sentences, and after that, he can quickly start conversing using long and complex sentences. This is a crucial language milestone for your child. So choose a school which has well-qualified teachers who speak fluent English and provide language learning opportunities to toddlers. Children should be engaged in exciting word games and reading games, storytelling, role-play and puppet activities apart from the regular poem and reading sessions with the teachers.

10. Preschool encourages out of the box thinking in toddlers

A preschool is also a place which nurtures a child’s curiosity. In an ideal preschool or good preschool teachers observe, ask questions and listen to children’s answers during their activity sessions. To nurture their curiosity and ignite a love for learning, teachers design activities for the children. Activities like ‘Me on The Map’, Special Assemblies and Hands-On activities trigger the child’s critical thinking and higher-order thinking skills. An ideal preschool provides plenty of chances to the little ones for discovery and self-learning.

11. Preschools offer Maths skills.

Preschools offer Maths skills
To prepare toddlers and young children for the demands of formal schooling, Preschools offer a wide variety of games and activities that help the young children grasp the pre-math skills.

Children are exposed to matching games, sorting games, counting games as well as board games. These games help in a basic understanding of numbers, categories and sequences which helps in creating interest in Mathematics as a subject.

12. Preschools help in the development of fine motor skills.


Motor skills in preschool are developed through threading beads, scissors cutting, lacing and pom-pom activities. These activities improve hand-eye coordination and also enhance the pincer grip of the students.

So choose a preschool wisely as it shall lay the foundation for the academic success of your child.

Choose the best for your little one

A new-born child is the center of attraction for the parents and grandparents. The apple of the eye slowly starts crawling, taking support and starts to walk. Usually, it’s the mother who takes the lead responsibility of raising the child. But nowadays, the new trend of the hands-on father has emerged wherein the fathers are more well-read, well prepared for their bundle of joy.

As the child starts moving around in the house and starts eating healthy food and stops eating semi-solid food, the child enters into an age where he feels the need for more friends. This particular need for friends, daily new activities and a routine is very much necessary for parents as children nowadays get bored quickly. Even after buying vast quantities of toys, and activity books children don’t feel satisfied or enjoy them.

Everyday keeping the child entertained at home becomes a task or sometimes a challenge for the parents irrespective of whether the mother is working or not. The other problem which most of the parents face nowadays is the habit of toddlers to get hooked to television, mobiles or tablets. Sometimes given for a couple of minutes, initially slowly turns into a practice.

So if your child has been potty trained, can understand basic instructions given by the parents. If the child has started mingling with the visitors at home, then parents can take a sound decision of enrolling the child in the best preschool in Ahmedabad. The ideal age to enrol your child in a pre-primary school is after your child’s second birthday.

The benefits of enrolling your child in a Playschool are enormous. The major ones are toddler learns to make new friends. He gets engaged in the playschool, which keeps the child’s energies channelized positively.

Moreover, apart from making new friends, children learn fundamental human values of sharing, caring, companionship and teamwork in a preschool. Nowadays preschools are mushroomed in every nook and corner of the city but choose the best preschool in Ahmedabad which gives your child proper education in all aspects.

The preschool you select at the time of admission should have the same amount of comfort which your little one has at home. So if your child has a habit of staying in AC rooms from his birth, choose an AC school for your bundle of joy.

Indian parents are very conscious of the type of food they are giving to their little ones. The food prepared at Indian homes is usually fresh and using the best ingredients. Similarly, at school, our toddlers get a home-cooked meal in their snack time as we adhere to strict measures of quality control and hygiene in our school kitchen.

Posted by Bodakdev School For Children on Thursday, September 12, 2019

 

Choose a preschool or a daycare based on the facilities, the teachers and the exposure they are giving to your little one.

Bodakdev School for Children is one of the best preschools in Ahmedabad, India and has all the essential features which an ideal preschool has for toddlers in Ahmedabad — nurturing environment, warm and friendly teachers, clean and hygienic classrooms, healthy snacks and overall a plethora of activities to keep your little ones busy and engaged for three hours in a day.

Apart from the infrastructure, the preschool has a wide range of attractive wooden toys sourced from all over the world. Playgroup (Early Child Care) children get unstructured playtime as our motto is ‘Play is the highest form of research’. Children have sand play sessions, cooking sessions and celebrations which make their toddler years memorable. What are you waiting for book an appointment and check the newest preschool in Ahmedabad for your toddler?