My child is really worried about starting school.
- Tell him about school beforehand- casually- and talk about it as a happy place where there will be a big welcome for them and where they will meet new friends
- Don’t use school or the Teacher as a threat, even jokingly. “If you behave like that for Mrs. X she’ll murder you” though said lightheartedly can make some children very apprehensive.
- If you feel it would help, you could take him/her for a stroll through the Infant Yards on an afternoon during June when the other children have gone home.
- S/He will like to have their new uniform and new bag when they begin. These help him identify more readily with the school and with other children.
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