While we parents are busy coordinating the dates and time lines keeping our patience in check, it may happen sometimes, that we as parents may forget to prepare the child for the nursery admission interviews. Preparing a child for preschool or nursery interaction is important. Realizing that this time is crucial, here are some tips to help your child deal with the preschool and nursery admission interaction.
What is being observed?
In a Admission nursery interaction, a child is usually observed along the following parameters:
• A child’s ability to follow basic instructions.
• Interactive skills: A child’s vocabulary and ability to express.
• A child’s ability to match shapes and sizes.
• Behavioral Attributes: ease of interaction with the child
What may I do as a parent?
1. The best way to help your child is through creating similar situations. Help your child in understanding that s/he needs to listen carefully and follow instructions.
2. You could begin with simple conversation and gradually extend this activity time by including oral and writing skills.
3. You could initiate the learning process by helping your child observe and then follow it up by a number of questions. You could take the help of educational toys and books but at the same time encourage the child to ask questions and observe in a neutral setting, like when outside, you could ask the child to identity the colors on a hoarding or ask the child on the shape of the traffic lights. This will also make your child’s outing fun-filled.
4. Communication skill and Confidence: Asking open-ended questions may enhance your child’s communication abilities.
5. Allow and encourage your child to stay with trusted adults for a few hours at a time before the interaction, this will help him/her get accustomed to staying with people other than his/her parents.
6. To make the child feel secure and comfortable, it may be a good idea to let the child carry his/her favorite toy or book to the interview. The special item brought from home then becomes the comforting medium and makes the child feel safe in a new setting.
7. If possible, take the child to the school once before the interview day so the child makes some connect with the place and is comfortable on the day of the interview.
8. Making sure that the child has a water bottle, a healthy, light snack and a change of clothes in his/ her backpack might come handy if for some reason the interview gets delayed and then your child is hungry and cranky before the interaction.
9. Just before you step into the school, take a moment to reassure your child that you are there to have fun and see a great school and nothing more. You love your precious little one no matter what is the outcome of the interaction.
10. An important point for parents to note while you prepare your child for the interaction is that you need to be extremely patient and not evoke a fear in the child about the interaction.
Preparing a child is perhaps the most important stage in the admissions process and also a great opportunity as a parent to prepare your child right in the formative years.
What is being observed?
In a Admission nursery interaction, a child is usually observed along the following parameters:
• A child’s ability to follow basic instructions.
• Interactive skills: A child’s vocabulary and ability to express.
• A child’s ability to match shapes and sizes.
• Behavioral Attributes: ease of interaction with the child
What may I do as a parent?
1. The best way to help your child is through creating similar situations. Help your child in understanding that s/he needs to listen carefully and follow instructions.
2. You could begin with simple conversation and gradually extend this activity time by including oral and writing skills.
3. You could initiate the learning process by helping your child observe and then follow it up by a number of questions. You could take the help of educational toys and books but at the same time encourage the child to ask questions and observe in a neutral setting, like when outside, you could ask the child to identity the colors on a hoarding or ask the child on the shape of the traffic lights. This will also make your child’s outing fun-filled.
4. Communication skill and Confidence: Asking open-ended questions may enhance your child’s communication abilities.
5. Allow and encourage your child to stay with trusted adults for a few hours at a time before the interaction, this will help him/her get accustomed to staying with people other than his/her parents.
6. To make the child feel secure and comfortable, it may be a good idea to let the child carry his/her favorite toy or book to the interview. The special item brought from home then becomes the comforting medium and makes the child feel safe in a new setting.
7. If possible, take the child to the school once before the interview day so the child makes some connect with the place and is comfortable on the day of the interview.
8. Making sure that the child has a water bottle, a healthy, light snack and a change of clothes in his/ her backpack might come handy if for some reason the interview gets delayed and then your child is hungry and cranky before the interaction.
9. Just before you step into the school, take a moment to reassure your child that you are there to have fun and see a great school and nothing more. You love your precious little one no matter what is the outcome of the interaction.
10. An important point for parents to note while you prepare your child for the interaction is that you need to be extremely patient and not evoke a fear in the child about the interaction.
Preparing a child is perhaps the most important stage in the admissions process and also a great opportunity as a parent to prepare your child right in the formative years.
