Smithville Montessori Academy Featured on SheKnows.com: Preparing Your Child for Preschool
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Thank you Tiernan McKay of SheKnows.com for featuring Smithville Montessori Academy in the article: Preparing Your Child for Preschool or Daycare! Here is the article: http://pregnancyandbaby.sheknows.com/Preparing-your-child-for-preschool-or-daycare
Mandy Frayer, Director of Curriculum and Staff Development at Smithville Montessori Academy, is featured in this article, which offers tips to help ease parent’s and children’s transition into preschool or daycare. It gives six different areas of advice from experts, including Frayer. She is featured for her advice on developing children’s social skills, encouraging questions, and engaging through reading. 
Social butterfly
At this point in their young lives, school really is fun! It’s about meeting new friends, exploring their world and learning to navigate classroom dynamics. “Children need to be socially and emotionally ready for school,” says Mandy Frayer, Director of Curriculum and Staff Development at Smithville Montessori Academy in Smithville, Missouri. “Children need to be able to cooperate with their peers in group situations and activities.”
Join a play group or have a regular play date with some neighborhood friends and use that opportunity to encourage interaction and successful conflict resolution. “Children also need to be able to control their impulses and be able to relate to non-family authority figures,” says Frayer.
Curiosity is key
When children are curious, learning is an adventure. While some kids are naturally inquisitive, others need a little inspiration. “Our children need to be curious about the world, interested in how things work and know how to creatively approach problems,” says Frayer. “If your child asks you a question like, ‘Do mosquitoes sleep?’, resist the urge to answer right away. Instead try asking them, ‘What do you think?’ or ‘Where do you think we could find the answer to that question?’. By doing this, you are encouraging them to think for themselves and building a child’s self-esteem.”
The power of words
Reading together is one of the most effective and important activities you can do to help prepare your child for daycare of preschool. Spending time flipping the pages helps your little one focus, exercise her imagination and learn about the world. “Young children love being read to and looking at picture books,” says Frayer. “Encourage their language development by asking them to describe the pictures to you. As they get older, children enjoy turning the pages of the book as you read to them. This engages them in the story.”
Frayer also suggests asking questions that encourage social and emotional development, such as “How do you think that made him feel?” or “How would you feel if something like this happened to you?”
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