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How to help children through the anxiety period of separation (kindergarten education paper)
Children entering kindergarten is like going out for the first time in their lives, and they are uneasy about where they are going because they are unfamiliar. This kind of anxiety has many aspects, such as: children's anxiety about facing strange environments and strangers, anxiety about losing their parents' dependence, anxiety about being unfamiliar with the activities to be carried out in kindergartens and so on. These manifestations of children are called "children's separation anxiety". Children's separation anxiety will not only affect the time for children to adapt to the environment, but also have an immeasurable impact on children's stepping into society, forming a good character and developing their communication skills. Helping children get through the anxiety period of freshman separation has become the first important topic of early childhood education. 1. Analysis of various factors of children's separation anxiety 1. Changes in the environment Children grow up in the family and are very familiar with the living environment of the family. When I first arrived in kindergarten, the living environment in the park was so strange to the children. Toy cabinets filled with toys, small beds for lunch break, small tables for group activities, etc. Both novel and mysterious. Children will have nervous reaction and separation anxiety because they can't find their place in such an environment. 2. Physiological changes Many life problems of children at home are taken care of by parents. After leaving home and coming to a new group without parents' care, children in the new environment sometimes have physical discomfort such as pulling, defecating and vomiting because of nervousness. Children need the help of adults in many things, and their basic self-service ability is often an important factor for their separation anxiety. 3, psychological changes In the new environment, there is no family you are most familiar with. The change of the environment and the change of one's own physiology will make children have different degrees of psychological pressure, which will make children psychologically not accept this new group, or reject this group, thus causing separation anxiety. Second, the preparation of children before coming to the park After understanding and analyzing the various reasons why children will have separation anxiety, they should carry out preparatory activities before coming to the park according to their characteristics. 1, be prepared for home visits. Teachers should contact their parents in advance, visit their children's homes, and let them know the teachers who will live together in a familiar environment. Talk and play with the teacher. In this way, when children go to kindergarten, they will feel that someone they know is playing with them. In the process of home visits, teachers can consciously tell their children what happened in the kindergarten, thus arousing their interest. For example, they can put pictures of children's markers and tell him that there are also small animal markers waiting for him in the kindergarten, and play with him to stimulate children's interest in the kindergarten. In this way, after the children come to the garden, they will feel that having a teacher they know or someone they have met will make them feel more at ease than strangers they have never met. Familiar faces can help children relax their nerves and reduce mental tension and stress, thus reducing their separation anxiety. 2. Parents are prepared to help parents understand the development of their children of the same age through parent-teacher meetings, interviews, telephone or online communication, and consciously cultivate their children's abilities at home. A self-help ability: for example, take off your clothes, know your own business, eat and go to the toilet by yourself. B can ask adults for their own needs, such as drinking water, and ask the teacher to help change clothes. Encourage children to speak in front of everyone and express their wishes. Follow instructions and follow simple rules. Like putting the toys back. 3. The kindergarten environment is ready, so we should create an environment suitable for new students to come to the kindergarten. Small classes are mainly composed of large areas of colored plates. It should be noted that the environment needs to interact with children to play its own role. Therefore, the environment in the class should leave room for children to participate, such as the smiling doll on the wall, let the children post photos and encourage them to come to the park as happily as the smiling doll in the photo. You can also draw the child's little progress into a corresponding small icon and decorate it on the wall that the child can see. Under the impetus of this positive factor, the child's separation anxiety can be reduced. Third, ways to reduce children's separation anxiety: 1, parents and children come to the park to adapt to the new environment, children will inevitably be nervous, accompanied by parents, children can freely play with toys in the class, familiar with the environment, life links and games in the class. For example, rest in your cot, wash your hands, drink some water and go to the toilet. The company of parents makes children familiar with the environment as enjoyable as games and visits, and prepares them to leave their parents and join the collective life. It is normal to create a relaxed environment to help children better integrate into collective kindergartens. Although some children show indifference, they are very anxious. Once you can't help it, you will cry and make a scene, or wake up from a dream during a nap. So don't force children not to cry when they first come to the garden, but use the method of diverting children's attention to attract children with game activities, reduce anxiety and resolve anxiety. It should be noted here that some children have poor ability to adapt to the environment and hope to get more care from adults, such as hugs and kisses (the teacher moderately satisfies the child's skin hunger). Teachers' concern can enhance teachers' feelings and reduce children's separation anxiety. 3. Set an example, encourage children to imitate actively, and give affirmation and praise in time. 4. Let the children get familiar with the daily routine and game activities in the park as soon as possible, such as telling them that they will play games in the yard before outdoor games and taking a nap in the sleeping room after lunch. After children are familiar with and accustomed to the main contents of daily life and games, their inner anxiety and tension will gradually decrease. Fourth, help parents overcome adult separation anxiety. At the same time, we can't ignore the adult separation anxiety caused by parents when children go to kindergarten. Sometimes the length and degree of children's separation anxiety are caused by their parents. If parents wander outside the classroom for a long time after sending their children to kindergarten, let them meet their parents all the time, or tell them that you should be strong, don't miss mom and dad, and don't cry when you miss mom and dad. Under the guidance of parents, children can't help crying, and parents also cry with their children. Adult separation anxiety will greatly aggravate children's anxiety, prolong their separation anxiety period, and even affect the emotional changes of collective children. 1. Analyze the psychological causes of adult separation anxiety: A parents are uneasy because they are not familiar with their children's life after entering the park; B) Parents are too nervous and worried about the reports of accidental injuries of children in society; C. Anxiety caused by ignorance of kindergarten teachers' working quality and living conditions. 2. Ways to reduce adult separation anxiety: a. Let parents know about their children's activities and life in kindergarten. Let parents know their children's progress in time. B, invite parents to participate in children's activities in a planned way, so that parents can understand the situation of kindergartens, get familiar with teachers and rest assured of their children's life in the park during the activities. C. Use multimedia equipment to reflect the children's life in kindergarten to parents, such as taking photos and recording the highlights of children's life. D, promulgate service measures for parents, and strengthen telephone contact and network communication with parents. When children come out of the family, their first contact with groups outside the family is to enter kindergarten. Entering kindergarten is of great significance to children's life and an important lesson in their growth. The generation and transformation of children's separation anxiety is of great significance to whether children can adapt to kindergarten life quickly. Create a good environment for children, help children get through the anxiety period of separation as soon as possible, and lay a good foundation for children to better step into society.