Make it sound heaps awesome and fun for her!! Try not to have any anxiety yourself as she can pick up from that… But just keep saying, oh wow, your going to have so much fun and make so many friends ect…

Hope all went well at Kindy

Hope it went well for you!

how did she go?

How did she end up going?

It is tough but important. We are planning to start playgroup for our little for the same reasons.

How did she go in the end?

It’s tough in those first few weeks, but things will get easier.

I hope things are going well for your little girl at daycare now.

It’s tough when they are a shy child. There is no easy answer

I had the same thing I took her a few times and stayed there With her,We took the plunge and I left she was upset but settled down as the weeks went on she cried as I dropped her off and I sort of hung around trying to make it better but the teacher ended up saying just go straight away the more you hang around the more she thinks you are always going to stay and she settles down quickly once you go so I did and she has been so much better it really is difficult all the best though..

See if you can go back and stay with her a few times

You can ease the transition by going in with her for the first few times, knowing you are there she may start to go off and play with some children. Slowly reduce the amount of time you are staying over the first two weeks, you may still have tears and sadness but trust me it does stop over time and usually once you are out of sight and the child is distracted with toys or other children they settle.

trust me they will love it, and for mums to be organised your best bet is to get everything out the night before

I agree with talias advice.
Once she gets to know the other bubs, she will love it. I use to have to sneak ut the door when my bubs started day care, while she is distracted having fun, then they forget why they were crying in the first place.

go in for an hour with her a couple times if you can, and then start off small days and then make them longer if you can. it will take time (3 visit rule) try to not appear nervous/upset or worried, but make out that it is really fun and you wish you could go! has a positive relationship with careers and share things with them that can help with the transition. Remember it may be sad now when she gets upset at you going- that’s okay- it lets you know that she loves you. It is more upsetting when they push you out the door as they want you to go. Good Luck!

Make the 1st visit and hour or so then increase it.
Worked for me.

Hi there,

I just wanted to wish you luck for next week and your daughter starting kindy. The transition can be so stressful for parents and children alike. Just try to make it a really happy and positive experience and try not to show your own anxiety. There is an article called ‘Reducing your child’s anxiety on the first day of school’ on the Little Learning Planet website, that you may find useful.
Let us all know how you go.

I should also add… I allowed my child to take a doll with her for the first few times just so she had something familiar with her. After a couple of weeks she didn’t want to take it anymore, so she seemed more confident

you can ease the transition by going in with her for the first few times,knowing you are there she may start to go off and play with some children,unfortunately you may still find that she will cry once you leave it is something that most of us go through and you yourself will feel awful but i rang up after about 20mins when i first started doing this with my little one and the crying had stopped within 5,10 minutes.