Seven things we ask families to do before the first bell, and one thing we ask them not to.
Separation is not a problem to be solved; it is a skill to be learned, and it takes about three weeks. Here is what we have found genuinely shortens the hard part.
Visit twice before day one. Once for the room, once for the yard. Familiar walls do half the work.
Keep the goodbye short and identical every day. A hug, one sentence, and go. Children read hesitation as a sign that the place is unsafe.
Send something that smells like home — a small cloth, not a favourite toy that could be lost.
Tell us the truth about naps and food. We will adapt; we cannot adapt to information we don't have.
And the one thing we ask you not to do: please don't slip away while they are distracted. It works once, and it costs you the next two weeks of trust.
Sara Nasser
Written by — Growora
