Dr. Karen Wilson
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835 appearances
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first heard Jan 2020
last heard Apr 2025
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So spend time talking to a child about what kindergarten will be like if it's a new school and a child has anxiety about making that transition.
speaking to the teacher about meeting him or her before your child begins school.
You know, driving by the school on a day when school is not in session so that they can familiarize themselves with, you know, the playground and the front doors and what the school campus looks like.
All of those things help to alleviate anxiety for a child.
So driving by the school, visiting the school, meeting the teacher, arranging play dates in a park with other kids who are going to be entering the school
And I think one of the most important things you can do is to start establishing routines at home if you haven't already for children, because school is all about routines.
And so if you can start establishing those routines around bedtime, around times for reading at home, maybe even times for working on some of those pre-academic skills in a fun way.
So now we're going to have some drawing time.
So having those routines in place before a child makes that transition can be
incredibly helpful because they get used to what it is they're going to experience in kindergarten, which is a lot of routines.
And so I think doing that is going to really set a child up for success because they'll be familiar with the idea of a routine when they make that transition.
And the other thing is to make sure that kids are getting enough sleep.
You know, kids between the ages of three and five need about 10 to 13 hours of sleep, including naps.
And
When kids are getting enough sleep, they're better able to pay attention.
They're better able to regulate their emotions.
And kids who think differently need more sleep than typically developing kids.
So it's even more important to establish those sleep routines early and to make sure that kids are getting enough sleep on a regular basis for optimal health and performance.
Yes.
And you know, too, is that a lot of kids are really not prepared for a longer school day.
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