Dach - When my DD started kindy she was about 3 i think? can't remember if we started her at the start of the 2nd school term or towards the end of the first term?

Her first day, she screamed the place down. I left there in tears. I could still hear her as I walked out to the car, screaming "No Mummy" By the 2nd week she realised where we were going once I put her in the car with her port, and she started crying from that point on every week.

It took until August that year for her to calm down.. about 6 months of crying and screaming. Though when I would pick her up she would tell me that she had fun today.

I stuck it out because DD was going to pre school the following year, so I wanted her to have that interaction with other children before pre school started. Though, it didn't make it any easier when she was screaming.

Does Yasin bring home any paintings/artwork that you could make a big deal of and show off by sticking it to the fridge? We found this helped with DD a bit. Maybe his paintings could be used for wrapping xmas presents (if he likes wrapping pressies with mum)
We would try to talk to DD about what she had done that day at kindy. Had she painted, what did she paint? Did she learn a new song or read an interesting book?

Did she have a good day? What did she like or not like about that day? These are still questions we ask and have a chat about every day after school.


Nic