Message from the Principal - Helping Children Adjust to New Life Together

After the end of the semester on July 28th, Renhe had a total of five days of vacation, including a two-day weekly break until the start of summer classes. During the vacation, the first typhoon of the year, Nisha, hit Taiwan on Saturday, July 29, followed by Typhoon Haitang, and several counties and cities closed their schools on July 31, but Renhe had no classes that day, so there was no impact, but there were still a few parents who brought their children to the park.
Due to the passage of typhoon, it rained for several days in a row, which made life very inconvenient and disrupted some plans.

The rain makes us cherish the sunny days even more. However, we can't predict the weather, so we have to pay attention to the weather report and observe the changes in the sky, and take precautionary measures to ensure our safety.

It's raining until August 2nd .......

On Thursday, August 3, the first day of summer school, it was a sunny day and the sunshine showed his smile to welcome the children, so happy! The children came to the park under the leadership of their parents, and the garden was bustling with the sound of children's laughter and cries. A few newborns cried because their parents were leaving and they were reluctant to part with them. Such a reaction is understandable and we can sympathize with the children's emotions; for small children, the first time they leave home, leave their parents to stay alone in an unfamiliar kindergarten, the uneasiness and fear in their hearts are imaginable. The cries were heard one after another, but with the accompaniment, guidance and comfort of the teacher's mom and big sisters, the cries gradually diminished as each minute passed.

However, children are children, after a night's rest, they come to the park early this morning and their cries are even louder than yesterday. They have had one day's experience, and some of the children are reluctant to let go of their parents, and their emotional reactions make their cries even louder; parents' hearts are also more entangled with their children's cries; in this case, after the second day of the weekly rest, when they have to come to the park on Monday, they may have even bigger emotional reactions and cry that they do not want to go to the school, and when they come across such a situation, parents must not be angry and must not scold them. In this case, parents should not be angry or scold, but need to be more patient and tolerant, give more affirmation and encouragement, and accompany the babies through this period of adaptation.

The length of adjustment varies from child to child, depending on their life experiences, but it usually takes at least a month. The role and acceptance of teachers and parents are important in this process. Teachers and parents need to work together as partners. Through the daily home and school contact book and weekly teaching, to understand the child's dynamics in the school and at home, weekly report on the nursery school calendar, the principal and parents text dialogue, etc., so that there is a good interaction between home and school, parents and teachers, in order to help the babies, if only the nursery school is one-way to provide is not enough.

A good start is half the battle, so let's do it together!

I wish you all a happy summer, peace and joy.

Mandy

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