Choosing a School After Preschool

Choosing where your child will go to school after attending a  Preschool in Dubai can be a very important decision, as well as a stressful one, as there is a plethora of schools available in Dubai, that offer the best in education. 

Each family has different priorities when choosing a school for their child. For instance, you may want a strong sports curriculum for your budding sportsmen. Perhaps a top arts program or language immersion is what you're after. Or, maybe the most important feature to you is simply a school with an enthusiastic faculty, strong leadership and produces highly successful individuals. 

The following considerations will help guide you closer to choosing the best school for your child. 

• Look for your interests and your child's needs, such as,
• What are your child's educational needs, are they purely academic, or do you prefer a curriculum that is structured, child initiated, or a combination of both.
• What do you want the school to achieve for your child, whether it is the various clubs and societies or extra-curricular activities.
• Are the ideology and values of the schools compatible with yours, just like it was at the Nursery Schools in Dubai.
• What size school are you looking for, as some children do well in a small school while others may excel in a large school with more options and more children to interact with. 

• Determine the logistics, such as,
  • Is the school affordable. Parents should invest accordingly.
  • Would the school transport be used
  • Does the school offer extended day programs or flexible entry similar to schools with a Day Care in Dubai. 

• Select a particular school type, such as
• District Public Schools that offer curriculum choices outside of the traditional neighborhood school curriculum, like arts, language immersion, Montessori, open, fundamental or others.
• Public Charter Schools that are run by a variety of organizations, like nonprofits or for-profit, founded by parents, religious groups, entrepreneurs, or corporations that are customized to a particular population, educational approaches, or content.
• Private Schools range from long established schools to brand new schools.  Their approaches range from very progressive to very conservative, and perhaps a place for higher status families.
• Montessori Schools are private Nurseries in UAE that provide an individualized Montessori curriculum that emphasizes on hands-on learning. 

• Develop a school search strategy, such as,
  • Start early and organize your research
  • Make a list of the schools that meet your profile
  • Research the schools in your area and request for brochures
  • Visit your top choices of five schools
  • Check the application process 

• Visit and assess schools and look for the following,
• Ask questions, observe the environment, and talk to the educators
• How is a student's progress monitored
• Does the school individualize curriculum
• Does the school support students who have academic, social, or emotional difficulties
• How is technology used to support teaching and learning at this school
• What extracurricular opportunities are available for students
• What is the school's approach to student discipline and safety
• What professional development opportunities and experience do teachers have
• How does the school encourage parent involvement
• Is there an active Parent Teacher Association?
• What is the school's history, organizational structure, financial stability and reputation

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What You Should Know About an Aggressive Child

Children act aggressively for a variety of reasons, to express  many feelings associated with discomfort, explains an educator at the Nursery Schools in Dubai. It's important for parent's to understand their child's behavior and act in a way that helps the child instead of creating a distance between the child.

Behavioral patters are particular to each child and situation. Some parents have trouble dealing with situations as well, they jump in as soon as they spot a problem and this only escalates the situation with the child, as responding aggressively will teach the child that being aggressive is how to solve problems. In contrast, some parents are more passive, but the child may become aggressive due to his parent backing down and not dealing with issues directly.

The way you handle an aggressive child may change from age to age and stage to stage. Here are some useful tips to help you deal with your child.

Nursery age kids and aggression

• Be Consistent-For small children the key is to be consistent. You should not ignore behaviors one day and respond by punishing the child the next. No matter what the situation is or where you are, you should be consistent. If your child is hitting a child at the Nurseries in Dubai, and the teacher informs you, then respond with something like, “Hitting is not good. You need to spend some time by yourself and calm down.”  Parents make sure that you respond the same way every time.
• Take the child from the situation -Sometimes parents may need to remove the child from the situation to help the child gain control over their emotions. For instance, if you're at a department store and your child is having a tantrum, because you’re not buying the toy the child wanted, you can say “You’re making too much noise. We’re not going to buy  that toy and if you don’t stop, we’ll have to leave.” If your child doesn’t stop, follow through and take him out of the store.
• Give the child a pep talk before a particular situation - If you know there are situations that are difficult for your child, like the first day at the Dubai Nursery Schools, give the child a pep talk ahead of time. If your child always has trouble in a group or with new situations, then it's good to have a small talk before the child start's school and tell them what to expect, how much fun it can be and that you will be there to pick them up when school is over. Giving the child a reassurance, will help them deal with their emotions well.
• Give time outs:Giving a child a timeout in a quiet place with some time alone, when the child has done something wrong, will help them understand that they did something wrong. Do very little talking and be very clear with your directions.
• Talk to other caregivers:It’s important to remember that misbehaviors, like fighting and physical aggression, occur in the Childcare Nursery in Dubai as well. This is how children learn to get along with each other, but when the child becomes aggressive they should be dealt with immediately. Make sure to coordinate the action taken by the caregiver so that both are consistent and check in with the caregiver regularly to make sure that the behavior is improving.

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Happiness Tools To Give a Child

When a child is born, parents effect their happiness almost completely by being attuned and responsive to their needs and surrounding them with a lot of love and enrichment. Over time, though this enthusiasm dwindles and diminishes, as children find happiness through relationships with peers and teachers through Early Years Education in Dubai. They also develop and build upon their own interests and hobbies, activities and achievements. By the time children become a teenager, a parent's power to turn on the happy button can be limited or nonexistent. This can be a disappointing and agonizing period for a parent. 

Eventhough, parents can be powerless with inflicting happiness on older children, a parent's influence can play a big part, because for happiness to be genuine and resilient, it must be reflective of happiness within, and that “within” is shaped by the quality of life that a child experiences with the parent in the initial years. 

Here are some tools you can give your child to create that happiness within themselves, 

Let them comfortable in their own skin - Most youngsters are comfortable being themselves, and they retain a healthy sense  and acceptance of self both physically and emotionally. As parents, we should be careful about the messages we send. Children receive messages primarily through a parent's  action. A parent's words matter, too, because from infancy, they are listening to everything in their environment, not just the words that are directed towards them and learning about their place in the world. Communicating, touching, and holding babies and toddlers in a respectful manner teaches them that they are worthy. Be respectful about boundaries by giving children the consistent assurance they are in a safe nest with gentle, stable, caring people as practiced at the Early Years Nursery in Dubai. Accepting a children’s complete range of emotions, especially the difficult ones, is one of the most thoughtful  ways of telling them that you love them. 

Letting a child play on their own and develop motor skills is one way of telling children, that parent's trust them and also take a great interest in their self-chosen activities and the person they are turning out to be.  Comfort in one’s skin doesn’t prevent  children against pain and suffering. That’s life. 

 Character - It is observed that generosity makes a person happier. Kindness not only counts, it brightens the spirit. Children develop their character primarily through what they see in their parent's. They also need behavioral boundaries, but even then the actions and language that parent's model will always trump what they are attempting to teach. For example, teacher's at the Nursery Schools in Dubai teach children to 'share', say 'sorry', 'thank you', or 'be gentle'  and show children what is to be generous, compassionate, grateful and gentle. 

 Social intelligence - The sense of sharing with others and experience a sense of belonging are essential to happiness. How children navigate their peer society and form rewarding relationships is largely being dependent on their relationship with their parent's and teacher's, their most powerful role models. When parent's are honest, direct, respectful, and loving with them from the beginning, these characteristics will become theirs. Babies and toddlers also benefit greatly from regular opportunities to interact with their peers in a safe environment. Children learn social skills naturally through play , exploration and by experimenting.

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A checklist of Children's Behavior

Parents and teachers should always be sensitive towards a child, and make every concerted effort to develop a quality connection with their children,  explains the Dubai Nursery. Sometimes a child's behavior can take a turn for the worst or sometimes they develop good habits, here is a parent-response checklist to help  parent's with their responses and approaches to their children, 

• Preventive measures - A little prevention can save parents a ton of aggravation. Children love to explore and test their environments, and they also express uncomfortable feelings through limit-pushing behavior. So, if we don’t want children throwing things or playing roughly with a pet or a younger sibling, we should not be walking around saying 'no' to them all the time and being annoyed, it's best to minimize or remove certain objects and options. 

• Confidence - Confidence is important and crucial and tends to be absent when a parent's direction and response is not working. Confidence is firm,  decisive, and often upbeat, not angry or stern. Children sense an adults feeling, and can easily detect whether the decision the parent takes is serious or not, If parents are not confident with their decisions and feelings, the child will not feel comfortable making them cry, whine and protects and keep pushing the limits. Teacher's at the Nurseries in Dubai demonstrate this confidence, often giving them the ability to calm a difficult child. Often, parents and teachers should be calm and deal with the situation in that manner as the child is watching your every move. Don't panic or change your movements or be hurried, simply demonstrate confidence, and that you are in control. 

• Early action - Children understand a parent's word and actions, but need more from parents when their impulsive, emotionally fueled behavior gets the better of them. This might mean calmly taking the child aside when their behavior is out of control, or being totally fine with helping a preschooler attending Childcare Nursery in Dubai get dressed in the morning, even though they are perfectly capable of doing so themselves. 

• Acceptance - Both acceptance and acknowledgement are important, but the one to focus on is acceptance. Parents should try to let go of their feelings and emotions and let things be in certain instances, instead of always saying or urging the child to do the right thing or calm the child down, this is what accept means. Parents should accept disagreements with the understanding that with children and teenagers, especially, disagreements can be a daily, healthy, developmentally appropriate occurrence. This is also a way for the child to allow, acknowledges, even embraces the concept. When parent's are hastily making everything better, they are unwittingly sending an invalidating, squelching message that says we are not comfortable with your feeling and that they should stop as soon as possible. 

Changing and becoming a more effective parent can take some time and is a long process, but you need to stick with it and understand that you can be an effective parent and be open to different ideas and different ways of doing things.

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Classes for Kids and Parents

Parents of babies, toddlers and preschool age children are constantly on the lookout for Nurseries in Dubai that cater to the following,

• A place where your child can explore toys, learn art, hear stories, sing songs, and make friends
• A place where your child can enjoy fun activities and can learn new skills and you get new ideas
• Opportunities to meet other children and families and build a sense of community
• Advice about parenting and child development
• Support from professionals and other parents for the challenges of life with a young child
• You can find all these great opportunities under one roof

Research shows children learn best through hands-on exploration in places where they feel safe and free to explore. Ideally the classroom should have several stations around the room, with developmentally appropriate activities to help kids build the skills they need. Children are encouraged to move around and explore at their own pace. In parent-child programs, for babies and toddlers, parents play along with their children. In some Nursery Schools in Dubai, working parents are assigned in areas such as,

Art activities: play dough to roll, brushes to paint, crayons to color and markers for learning to write

Sensory activities: tubs of water or rice or beans to scoop, pour, stir, and run fingers through

Large motor: mats for tumbling, tunnels to crawl through, climbers and slides, balls to throw

Small motor: blocks to stack, puzzles to assemble, shape sorters to solve, beads to thread

Imaginary play: dress up zone for trying on new roles, dolls to care for, kitchen for “cooking”

Snack time: a place to practice social skills and table manners and to discover new foods and textures

The Dubai Nursery includes circle time, singing time or a music class, where the teacher leads the class in singing nursery rhymes, dancing, playing musical instruments, and reading stories. This gives the child the ability to practice sitting and listening to a teacher, and participating in a group activity, all essential skills for school readiness. Academic skill building, such as reading and writing are integrated into all types of activities. 

Most children’s programs in schools, such as the Childcare Nursery in Dubai focus on one domain of learning, dance class, art class, story time, music class, or tumbling. These programs do it all. And they do it in a place where they feel safe and comfortable. Some of the same toys and activities reappear from week to week to provide reassurance and routine, and some new toys and activities rotate to encourage children to explore and try new things.

When parents are involved in the classes, they attend school for two hours a week, every other week, to attend a parent education session. In infant classes the child will be with the parent and for parents with toddlers, children are encouraged to play in one room with the children’s teachers and other parents while their parent attends parent education.

This system tends to work well, but there are not many schools that practice and feature parent education. The benefit each parent derives from following this program varies from school to school, for instance, while some schools may offer, college credit for attending, others may receive student ID cards, depending on the school, who may give access to discounts and services such as fitness center or scholarships.

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How to Break a Toddlers TV Habit

Most parents of children in the Preschool in Dubai, express their dislike for allowing children to watch television and encourage them to play outdoors in the gardens, or the backyard,  building dirt and twig forts or tree houses and running free, hosting tea parties for dolls and playing school and spending hours recording stories on a cassette recorder. These bring back fond memories for parents too, a time when electronics and video games did not exist.

Children, for lack of knowing any better, will always choose to watch television, play a video game or go to their computer,  unless  parent's teach them to think outside the box. Television also has its many advantages as well, there is no denying that fact. But it's all about striking a balance between the two. 

Here are some tips presented by parent's at the Children’s Nursery in Dubai, about how to distract children from television and other techno gadgets that seem to be invading the home.

• Get the family involved - Make sure to set a rule in the family to stop using gadgets as an everyday pastime. Make sure to unplug everything during the designated time.
• Make it interesting - Set the stage for an invitation to play, by having enticing materials to spark play all ready for when a child comes home from school. For example, a teddy bear and dolls waiting for a tea party  or some art materials.
• Change the child's routine - Make sure to have a surprise in store for the child, in the morning when they wake up or when they return from the Nursery Schools in Dubai.
• Draw the line and set limits - Give the child a certain time when they can watch TV, but they cannot watch before school as the child's brain needs to be quiet and focused before heading out for a day of learning. Make sure to set the rules every day, so that after some time the child will know the routine.
• Give the child a choice - Request the child to make a list of things they think are much more interesting than watching television or playing games. Honor their choices and respect them enough to help them happen.
• Go easy on the child - The more parents push the child away from the digital entertainment the more they may want it. Allow the child an hour of television in the middle of the day, each day and this will work well.
• Take time to play with the child - Children will learn more about play from their parents than from a toy or a television show. There are many easy and creative ways of having fun with children.
• Challenge a child - Friendly competition is good for a child, as it encourages stimulation and creativity.
• Talk to the child - Tell them about the amazing things there are to do in life and how time is short and should not be wasted in front of a television. Tell them watching television will take away the fun from them enjoying other things like board games, walks in the park, playing with pets and doing creative crafts and art projects.

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